Kewdale Freight Terminal is a large intermodal rail facility in the Perth suburb of Kewdale. Branching off the Kwinana railway line, it was built in the 1960s to replace the Perth Marshalling Yard. It initially comprised ten narrow gauge () and seven standard gauge () arrival roads.Freight Terminal at Kewdale Railway Gazette 21 June 1968 pages 453, 454, 456
The first narrow gauge sidings opened in early 1967; the first standard gauge sidings in November 1968.
Users Pacific National yard and depotKewdale rail terminal to grow Business News 16 January 2008 UGL Rail to service the carriages used on the Indian PacificUnited Group strengthens rail business with $45 million in new contracts United Group 17 October 2002 Transwa depot opened April 2005 to service WDA/WDB/WDC class railcars used on AvonLink, MerredinLink and Prospector servicesAnnual report for year ended 30 June 2015 Public Transport Authority BP fuel siding Sadliers Transport siding Country Carriers siding BlueScope yard, moved to new facility in Forrestfield late 2005
Redevelopment plans
All rail freight in and out of this terminal is moved on a single standard gauge track that crosses Daddow Road, and this level crossing has become a congestion headache for road users in the industrial area. In November 2005 the federal government announced it had allocated $11.5 million for the construction of an overpass at the level crossing,Multi-million dollar expansion to boost local WA industry Premier of Western Australia 8 November 2005State injects $22m in transport roads in Kewdale-Kwinana and SW Business News 9 November 2005 which has since been completed.
Rail operators Aurizon, Pacific National and Transwa share common sections of the yard which can also lead to congestion. Apart from the departure road, the yard is unsignalled. Track occupation of the common sectionsnorth service road, eastern diagonal, and western diagonalis manually managed by radio communications with Arc Infrastructure Eastern Train Control.
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