Perth marshalling yard (also known as Perth Yard) was a railway

marshalling yard A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, and the former Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway y ...

to the immediate west of

Perth railway station Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the Perth central business district, central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport line, Perth, Airport, Ar ...

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

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into the early stages of city railway traffic and the related joint select committee on the bridges over William Street (the

Horseshoe Bridge The Horseshoe Bridge in Perth, Western Australia is a traffic bridge that connects the Perth CBD to Northbridge, carrying William Street. It was constructed in 1904 to pass over the Fremantle railway line, with the horseshoe shape designed to f ...

) and Melbourne Road (which did not eventuate). It can also be considered to be the railway land between the Horseshoe Bridge and the West Perth subway. It preceded the

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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 The Perth Metropolitan Markets were a fruit and vegetable wholesale markets located at 840 (Lots 500-504) Wellington Street in West Perth from 1929 to 1989, when they moved to their current site in Canning Vale. The markets were originally est ...

and other adjacent industrial sites. Most newspaper reports about the yard during its active years tended to be about accidents. Operationally, because of the proximity of the Perth railway station, a number of

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es were required to facilitate traffic into the yard and the interaction with regular services on the

Fremantle railway line The Fremantle line is a suburban railway and service in Western Australia that connects the central business district (CBD) of Perth with Fremantle. History The railway on which the service runs opened on 1 March 1881 as the first suburban rai ...

, 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 Perth City Link is an urban renewal and redevelopment project in Perth, Western Australia. The projectbounded by the Mitchell Freeway, Wellington Street, the Horseshoe Bridge and Roe Street is on land that was once the Perth/City railway y ...

project.

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