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From today's featured article  Daglish railway station is a commuter railway station on the boundary of Daglish and Subiaco, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Opened on 14 July 1924, the station was named after Henry Daglish, who was a mayor of Subiaco, a member for the electoral district of Subiaco, and a premier of Western Australia in the 1900s. The station consists of an island platform accessed by a pedestrian underpass. Daglish station is on the Fremantle line, and starting on 10 October 2022, the Airport line, which are both part of the Transperth network. Fremantle line services run every 10 minutes during peak hour and every 15 minutes outside peak hour and on weekends and public holidays. Upon the Airport line's opening, Fremantle line and Airport line services will run every 12 minutes during peak hour, for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes. The journey to Perth station is 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) long and takes 7 minutes. (Full article...)

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