Stopping Places
Named stopping places and locations on the line included:
| Name | Previous name(s) | Distance from Perth | Height above sea level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Junction Railway Station | Helena Vale | 15 km | 9.3 mi | 15 m | 49 ft |
| Bushmead (now under Roe Highway) | Waterhall | 17 km | 11 mi | 26 m | 85 ft |
| Rifle Range | 23 km | 14 mi | 104 m | 341 ft | |
| Poison Gully Creek (scene of 1904 crash) | |||||
| Ridge Hill (lower section of Zig Zag) | 27 km | 17 mi | |||
| Bottom Points (possible same as Ridge Hill) | |||||
| Statham's Quarry | Perth City Council siding (1920–1949) | 28 km | 17 mi | ||
| Number 3 Points | |||||
| Top Points (upper section of Zig Zag) | Possibly known as 'the Knoll' | ||||
| Gooseberry Hill | 30 km | 19 mi | 242 m | 794 ft | |
| Kalamunda | Stirk's Landing | 32 km | 20 mi | 242 m | 794 ft |
| South Kalamunda | Guppy's Siding | 35 km | 22 mi | 283 m | 928 ft |
| Walliston | Wallis's Crossing | 37 km | 23 mi | 311 m | 1,020 ft |
| Bickley | (named Heidelberg between 1904 and 1915) | 38 km | 24 mi | 318 m | 1,043 ft |
| Carmel | Green's Landing | 40 km | 25 mi | 286 m | 938 ft |
| Pickering Brook | Pickering Junction | 42 km | 26 mi | 282 m | 925 ft |
| Canning Mills | Canning Timber Station | 48 km | 30 mi | 254 m | 833 ft |
| Karragullen | 50 km | 31 mi | 300 m | 980 ft | |
The line was closed and pulled up in 1949.
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