16 August 2022
Residents in Byford and the wider Serpentine-Jarrahdale area will connect to the Perth CBD on a seamless 42-minute train journey once the Byford Rail Extension is complete.
The Armadale Line will be extended approximately 8km south to a new ground-level station in Byford, supporting one of the fastest growing areas in Australia.
The Byford Rail Extension contract has been awarded to MetCONNX Alliance (Laing O’Rourke, Pritchard Francis Consulting and Kellogg Brown & Root) and will help create better transport connections through:
- a new ground-level Byford Station with around 400 parking bays, a bus interchange, and pedestrian connections
- elevating rail through Armadale, with a new elevated Armadale Station
- removing eight level crossings at Armadale Road, Forrest Road, Church Avenue, Seventh Road (pedestrian level crossing), Byron Road, Eleventh Road, Thomas Road and Larsen Road – with works already underway on the Thomas Road project.
Collectively, these projects will support around 8,500 jobs and will see Perth’s first major elevated rail through sections of Victoria Park, Canning and Armadale, with up to 14 level crossings removed for good along the Armadale Line.
The project will kick-start development opportunities in the Armadale and Byford town centres, providing new and safe connections around the stations.
https://metronet.wa.gov.au/projects/byford-extension/stations#byford-station
https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/projects/byford-extension
https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/news/latest-news/category/byford-rail-extension/final-two-major-contracts-awarded-and-armadale-line-shut-update