Wellington Street bus station was a Transperth bus station located next to Perth railway station in the Perth central business district, Western Australia from 1973 until 2014. It was demolished to make way for Perth Busport.
History Construction began in September 1972. At the time, it was forecast to cost $300,000 to construct, and was to replace buses terminating on Murray Street. The bus station was opened on 2 March 1973 as Perth Central bus station by Premier John Tonkin. The final cost was $500,000.Premier Sees Facilities Need MTT Quarterly April 1973 page 3 This was the first off-street central business district bus station in Australia. It was renamed Wellington Street bus station in 1989 to distinguish it from Esplanade Busport.Closure of Wellington Street bus station Transit Australia April 2014 page 122
After just over 40 years of service, the majority of bus services were moved to the temporary Roe Street bus station on 12 January 2014.End is nigh for Wellington Street Bus Station WAtoday 11 January 2014 Wellington Street bus station remained in use for a further two weeks due to roadworks in the central business district, temporarily servicing Beaufort Street bus services, before finally closing on 27 January 2014 and being demolished soon after.Wellington St Bus Station demolition under way Minister for Transport 13 February 2014Final stage of bus station demolition Minister for Transport 16 April 2014 The station was replaced by the new underground Perth Busport on the same site. To cater for the remaining bus services during the construction period, a temporary replacement Wellington Street bus station opened on 6 July 2014, occupying some of the original site.Bus stop to be demolished Australasian Bus & Coach 7 January 2014 This closed on 1 February 2015.Perth Wellington Street Bus Station Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 10Wellington Street Bus Station closure Australian Bus Panorama issue 30/5 March 2015 page 28
It had 17 stands and was served by 34 Transperth routes operated by Path Transit, Swan Transit and Transdev WA.Farewell to the Wellington Street Bus Station Rattler issue 447 January 2014 pages 8/9
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