Harbourfront station

Harbourfront  2  3
View of the Swan Line platforms
Station details
Location	Taplan Road, Gunnamatta
Borough	Bayswater
Owner	Transport for Wentworth
Operator	Wentworth Metro
Line(s)	2  Swan Line  3  Circle Line
Platforms	4 (4 side)
Transfers	Bus
Exits	2
Construction
Structure	Open cut ( 2 ) Underground ( 3 )
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	15 June 1972 ( 2 ) 1 May 1973 ( 3 )
Rebuilt	12 December 1989
Former name(s)	Gunnamatta (during planning)
Other information
Station code	S01C12
Staffed	Yes
Daily ridership
Other languages
Dutch	Havenfront
Chinese	港前
Pinyin	Gǎngqián
Japanese	ハーバーフロント
Romaji	Hābāfuronto
Services
Preceding station	Wentworth Metro	Following station
Terminus	Swan Line	Gunnamatta towards Melvin Hills
Marina Bay anticlockwise	Circle Line	Promenade clockwise

Harbourfront is a Wentworth Metro station on the Swan and Circle lines. It is the southeastern terminus of the Swan Line and serves the eastern end of the suburb of Gunnamatta. It opened in 1972 following an extension from the Swan Line's original terminus at Bayswater. The underground Circle Line platforms opened shortly after in 1973.

The station is built in a cutting directly under the southern approach to the Bayswater Bridge, and thus has noise barriers to mitigate noise pollution from the Bayswater Expressway above it.

Harbourfront station is the only station within fare zone 1 with at-grade platforms.

History

Harbourfront was constructed as part of the Swan Line's Bayswater Peninsula extension. Although the Swan Line was originally supposed to run to the end of the Bayswater Peninsula at Gunnamatta, construction difficulties, complaints from local residents and an exhaustion of funding resulted in the sudden halting of construction beyond Bayswater station, although stub tunnels were constructed to continue the line in the future. Funding was secured for an extension in 1968, and construction recommenced in 1969. Harbourfront was known as "Gunnamatta" during planning, while the present-day Gunnamatta station was known as "Bayswater East". Residents campaigned for a name change as they felt the "Gunnamatta" station name was better suited to serve the suburb's commercial centre.

The Swan Line extension opened in June 1972. Harbourfront was constructed to be an interchange station with the Circle Line, which was constructed concurrently; the underground Circle Line platforms opened 11 months later in May 1973.

The station received a major reconstruction in the late 1980s, which involved a reconfiguration of the concourse, platforms and track alignment, a new exterior design, and the relocation of the station entrance to the northern side of Taplan Road, as part of the construction of the Bayswater Bridge. The new station opened in 1989.

Services

Platform	Line	Services
1	Swan Line	northbound towards Melvin Hills
2	Swan Line	terminating services from Melvin Hills
3	Circle Line	clockwise loop
4	Circle Line	anticlockwise loop

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit
P1	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	← Swan Line towards Melvin Hills (Gunnamatta) →
	Platform 2	← Swan Line terminating services
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
C	Concourse	Fare gates, ticket machines
P2	Platform 3	← Circle Line clockwise loop (Promenade) →
	Platform 4	← Circle Line anticlockwise loop (Marina Bay)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

Exits

Exit	Access	Destinations	Connections
1		Taplan Rd
2		Taplan Rd