Swan View railway station
Swan View railway station, Perth was a railway station of significance on the Eastern Railway in Western Australia. In all working timetables during the operation of this line, the station was the point of control for the Swan View Tunnel.
The Bellevue to Chidlow railway line involved the encounter with the Darling Scarp requiring extra power for the up line, and considerable extra caution for the up and down lines.
The station master's house was adjacent to the station.[1]
Due to the volume of traffic passing through, various accidents were regular either at the station or in the vicinity,[2][3][4] also being near the tunnel, some tunnel related accidents were reported with the station as context.[5][6]
The station was closed in 1966 at the time of the Avon Valley rail route being opened, and the old Eastern Railway route became superfluous to Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) needs.
For almost 50 years the major curve between this railway station and the Swan View Tunnel was the main location for photographs for tourism brochures and promotional picture of new rolling stock and locomotives, as well as the main named train of the WAGR – The Westland.
Since the closure and removal of the railway line, and the development of the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail the Swan View station site is one of the very few on the trail to have the railway platform retained (for instance – Mundaring and Darlington).
References
[edit]- ^ HRRC (1905), Swan View Railway Station [picture], retrieved 25 January 2016: 1905 picture from the Passey Collection, with the house and water tanks in the foreground
- ^ "MISHAP ON LINE AT SWAN VIEW". The West Australian. Perth. 27 April 1953. p. 11. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Trains Collide At Swan View". The Daily News (CITY FINAL ed.). Perth. 29 November 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THREE DEAD ON LINE NEAR SWAN VIEW". The West Australian. Perth. 10 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Railway Accident at Swan View". The Swan Express. Midland Junction, WA. 30 April 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SWAN VIEW SMASH". The West Australian. Perth. 16 December 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
[edit]- Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring – A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
- Watson, Lindsay (1995). The Railway History Of Midland Junction: Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995. Swan View, W.A.: L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association.
- Watson, Lindsay (July 1987). "Midland Junction Railway Station". Western rails. 9 (4): 10–12.
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