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The Belmont Railway Line was a branch railway in Western Australia that extended from the Eastern Railway at Bayswater to Belmont near the Ascot Racecourse. The line closed in 1956.
The line was also known as the Belmont Branch, and Perth Racecourse Railway.[1][2]
History
In November 1885 a Шаблон:Convert branch line was constructed from the Eastern Railway at Bayswater to the Swan River near the Perth Race Course, improving access to the Race Course.[3] Initially a ferry service across the Swan River was provided for racegoers travelling to and from the Race Course by train,[4] which was replaced by a narrow footbridge by 1891.[5]
The branch line's construction immediately spawned proposals to construct a railway linking the Eastern Railway at Bayswater (via the branch line) to areas south of Perth, including Canning, Kelmscott, Woongong, Pinjarra, Bunbury, and Busselton.[6] The various proposals were abandoned following the announcement of the construction of the South Western Railway in 1891 which provided a more direct route bridging the Swan River further to the south.[7]
In 1897 the line was extended across the Swan River, and a new station built on the southern side of the Race Course.[8][9] The new station was opened on 21 October 1897.[10] The railway service to Belmont was suspended in 1926 following floods.[11]
Consideration of closing the railway had been publicly discussed as early as 1930. There was a proposal to convert the rail bridge over the Swan River to a road bridge, however this never happened. Instead, the Garratt Road Bridge opened nearby in 1935.[12][13]
In the mid-1930s, the Bayswater Road Board asked the Main Roads Department to construct a subway at Guildford Road to replace the existing level crossing. The Bayswater Road Board considered the level crossing, named Whatley Crossing to be one of the most dangerous level crossings in the area. The subway was never constructed.[14][15][16]
The Belmont branch line was closed in 1956 following a fire on the bridge crossing the Swan River, and the bridge, line and stations were removed in 1957.[17][18]
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ P.W.D. WA plan 1864, SROWA record -https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/belmont-branch-railway-plan-section-drawings-etc-cce-16046-26-78
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ 1886/044, cons 1067, WAS 4410, State Records Office of Western Australia(SROWA)
- ↑ City of Bayswater Municipal Heritage Inventory
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation page 66 WN 36
- ↑ History of stations on the Midland line Right Track
- ↑ City of Belmont (Heritage) Inventory 2012 page 32
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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