Canning Bridge railway station

Canning Bridge
Southbound view from Platform 1, October 2024
General information
LocationCanning Highway & Kwinana Freeway
Como, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates32°00′35″S 115°51′22″E / 32.009605°S 115.856154°E / -32.009605; 115.856154
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byPublic Transport Authority
Line(s)     Mandurah line
Distance7.2 km (4.5 mi) from Perth Underground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Bus routes9
Bus stands4
Construction
ParkingNone
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened
  • 11 February 2002 (bus)
  • 23 December 2007 (train)
Passengers
2013–14932,132
Services
Preceding station Transperth Following station
Elizabeth Quay Mandurah line
All, W
Bull Creek
Location
Location of Canning Bridge station

Canning Bridge railway station is a suburban railway and bus station on the Mandurah line in Perth, Western Australia. Situated in the suburb of Como next to the Canning River, the station is located at the interchange between the Kwinana Freeway and Canning Highway. The train platforms are at ground level within the median strip of the freeway, while the bus stands are on the bridge carrying Canning Highway.

Canning Bridge station opened as a bus station on 11 February 2002 to facilitate transfers between buses on the Kwinana Freeway and on Canning Highway. The ground-level bus stops closed on 29 January 2006 for conversion to train platforms by John Holland Group. The Mandurah line opened on 23 December 2007. The station is planned to be upgraded to improve the bus interchange as part of Metronet.

Trains at Canning Bridge station run at a five-minute frequency during peak hour, lowering to a fifteen-minute frequency off-peak and on weekends and public holidays. At night, trains are half-hourly or hourly. The journey to Perth Underground station takes seven minutes. There are ten bus routes that serve the station, including bus routes to Curtin University and Fremantle.