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Meckering  | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Throssell St, Meckering | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°37′27″S 117°00′49″E / 31.62418°S 117.01359°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transwa | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transwa | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 155.65 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1894 | ||||||||||||||
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Meckering railway station is located in Meckering on the Eastern Railway route in Western Australia.
History
[edit]Meckering station opened on 1 July 1894. A new station opened with the opening of the standard gauge railway on 11 November 1966. The station was manned by a station master between 1 July 1895 and 5 October 1970.[1]
Passenger services
[edit]Transwa's MerredinLink and Prospector services stop at Meckering, at least one service each day.[2]
The Indian Pacific also passes Meckering,[3] running once or twice a week (depending on the time of year) between East Perth and Sydney Central, but does not stop at the station.
References
[edit]- ^ Jeff, Austin (2011). Station masters of Western Australia. Rail Heritage WA. ISBN 978-0-9803922-4-1.
- ^ "Merredin Train". www.transwa.wa.gov.au.
- ^ "Travel Wishlist - Across Australia by train". The Scotsman.
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