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During the 1980s when the Fremantle, Midland and Armadale lines were being electrified, the old North Fremantle station above Tydeman Road (where the current freight horseshoe curve is) was replaced by a new North Fremantle station constructed 800 metres (2,600 ft) north of the current one
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Leighton Station opened on 12 April 1922 and was named after Leighton's Crossing – which was named for Ann Leighton, its gatekeeper from 1881 to 1885. Along with the rest of the Fremantle line, Leighton
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The tragedy of the closure of the Perth-Fremantle Railway: a speech by Dr. Dadour, M.L.A. (Subiaco) in the Legislative Assembly
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due to low passenger counts. It reopened in 1983 with the rest of the line following a change of government.
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located north of Tydeman Road. This new station opened on 28 July 1991, causing the demise of Leighton.
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Leighton had two platforms on an island. Services towards Perth departed from platform 1.
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Former railway station in Perth, Western Australia, 1922–1991
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Leighton station

32°01′30″S 115°45′09″E / 32.025051°S 115.75246°E / -32.025051; 115.75246 (Leighton)
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Western Australian Government Railways
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Fremantle line
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Victoria Street
Perth
Fremantle line
North Fremantle
Fremantle
Legend
Transperth
Perth
Fremantle line
Perth
Fremantle
North Fremantle
closed on 1 September 1979
Fremantle line
Westrail
Metropolitan Transport Trust
Fremantle
Perth
"Leighton Beach Marshalling Yards"

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