Airport Central Community Zone

Works update

Construction of the Skybridge between the airport terminals and the station is progressing well, with the link now nearing completion. Once operational, the elevated walkway will provide undercover access to Airport Central Station. From this point, passengers will be able to travel by escalator or lift down to the concourse level.

Construction is ongoing at all levels of Airport Central Station. At concourse level, temporary struts are being removed and metal decks that will hold the tunnel ventilation system are being installed.

At ground level, following delivery of the first steel components, 12 modules for the 51m-wide station roof are being assembled and the first two have been craned into place already.

Following the closure of the final section of the station’s ground level slab, located at the western end of site, waterproofing and backfilling works are now underway. The area will eventually be integrated back into the short-term car park.

At the lowest level of the station, the island platform is now 75 per cent complete. The final section of the platform will be poured in the first half of 2020, with preparation works already underway.

Airport Central Station

With air passenger traffic more than doubling in the past decade, Perth Airport is undergoing a major redevelopment, which includes relocating and consolidating the domestic and international terminals by 2025. This presents a unique opportunity to integrate the redevelopment with the new Forrestfield-Airport Link via a station at the central terminal site.

By late 2021, passengers will be able to travel by train to the airport, stopping at the underground Airport Central Station currently under construction near the control tower at Perth Airport.

Once opened, Airport Central Station will create a seamless journey from the airport terminals via the Skybridge, an elevated and enclosed walkway featuring travelators and lifts. Passengers will enter the station via the walkway and travel by lift or escalator down to the concourse level, where the station facilities including ticketing are located. They will then continue through the SmartRider fare gates down to the platform level to meet the train.

View an animation of the future Skybridge here.

View an animation of the future Airport Central Station here.

To find out more, view the Airport Central Station fact sheet.