Perth marshalling yard (also known as Perth Yard) was a railway marshalling yard to the immediate west of Perth railway station in Perth, Western Australia and east of West Perth railway station.
The origins and development of the yard can be seen in considerations of the 1899 Royal Commission into the early stages of city railway traffic and the related joint select committee on the bridges over William Street (the Horseshoe Bridge) and Melbourne Road (which did not eventuate).[1][2]
It can also be considered to be the railway land between the Horseshoe Bridge and the West Perth subway.[3]
It preceded the Leighton and Forrestfield railway yards, and was in use until the development of the Forrestfield yard in the 1970s.
The marshalling yard included access to the Perth Metropolitan Markets and other adjacent industrial sites.
Most newspaper reports about the yard during its active years tended to be about accidents.[4][5][6]
Operationally, because of the proximity of the Perth railway station, a number of signal boxes were required to facilitate traffic into the yard and the interaction with regular services on the Fremantle railway line, as well as the Perth station until the reduction of services in the 1970s.
The land occupied by the marshalling yard is now part of the Perth City Link project.
^Western Australia. Royal Commission on City Railway Traffic; Western Australia. Royal Commission on City Railway Traffic. Report (1899), [Plans to accompany] report of the Royal Commission on City Railway Traffic, Western Australia, Govt. Printer, retrieved 6 March 2017
^Western Australia. Royal Commission on City Railway Traffic (1899), Report of the Royal Commission on City Railway Traffic, Western Australia : with appendices and minutes of evidence, Govt. Pr, retrieved 6 March 2017
^"SHUNTING ACCIDENT". The Swan Express. Vol. XXIX, no. 51. Western Australia. 11 January 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"STATE". Geraldton Express. Vol. XXXII. Western Australia. 17 January 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"RAILWAY FIREMAN HURT". The West Australian. Vol. 52, no. 15, 662. Western Australia. 5 September 1936. p. 23. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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