According to Building Beautifully’s latest video, the cross passages are 240 m apart on the Sydney Metro. We are not consistent on this in Australia.

Rumour has it that the train involved here has been written off

How two Perth artists created a work that stretches 7km through the city

The eight least busiest Transperth bus routes as of 2024, in no particular order: 223 (Thornlie station feeder) 272 (Kalamunda) 273 (Kalamunda) 285 (East Vic Park to Kewdale) 294 (High Wycombe stn to Foodbank WA) 326 (Midland station) 534 (Aubin Grove to Wattleup) 604 (Mandurah to South Yunderup)

The nine busiest Transperth bus routes as of 2024, in no particular order: 907 (Perth to Armadale) 910 (Perth to Thornlie) 930 (Elizabeth Quay to Fremantle) 950 (Morley to QEII Medical Centre) 990 (Perth to Scarborough) 998 and 999 (Circleroute) Red Cat Blue Cat

As it turns out, 9 of the 10 most used Transperth stations are on the Mandurah and Yanchep lines. The sole exception is Fremantle station.

Interesting, this made me see how close the Forrestfield-Airport Link's cross passages are. They seem to be about every 400 m, so between the US and European standards. We had some problems with one of the cross passages (sinkhole) which delayed the project, so less is good in that aspect too.

WA government is investigating an eastern extension of ferry services too, with services potentially as far as Belmont and Maylands. There is a tender out for demand modelling this ferry service. www.tenders.wa.gov.au/watenders/te...

Jonathan Huston is Parliament's biggest opponent of the Matilda Bay ferry terminal. I wonder whether the Liberal's will shift in their opposition to it now. Basil wasn't as opposed as Huston

And in Perth, the rollout of credit card payments for Transperth services has gone perfectly. No news about it since December. No news is good news.

After a hiatus of 3 years, passenger train services between Perth and Bunbury will resume on June 29th with the entry to service of the first of the new Australind diesel railcar sets. The four new trains will be named: Marley Kwilena Koombana Linda www.facebook.com/RogerCookMLA...

Saw a glimpse of one of the new Australind trains at Claisebrook today

This was bound to happen. The footpath along West Coast Drive is busy (especially in summer) and very close to the road in parts, with no barriers at all.

God this is so stupid. Roller shutters are banned in Mount Lawley, Menora and Inglewood.

God this is so stupid. Roller shutters are banned in Mount Lawley, Menora and Inglewood.

It takes longer to install platform screen doors and automate a line than it does to rebuild a railway line elevated

Here’s CCTV of the incident. The truck driver seems to drive right through a boom gate right before the train hits the truck

Train hits a truck at a level crossing in Guildford. A good reminder why level crossing removals are a good thing for both trains and cars/trucks.

What on earth

Adelaide Metro has publicly available data on card validations (i.e. passenger numbers), separated by day, route and stop - data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset... I've compiled the train station data for 2025 here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Here are the 20 most and least used stations last year:

The Australind train service between Perth and Bunbury will resume on June 29th when the first of four new diesel railcar trains enters service. As the remainder of the fleet arrives, the number of services will increase to double the former two return trips per day. www.wa.gov.au/government/m...

Looking at you Melbourne

The fuel shortage has led to record patronage on buses and trains in Perth for March 7,148,879 train boardings in particular far surpasses the previous monthly record of 6,406,409 in October last year.

Is Perth the fastest growing (%) major city in the western world? Surely it beats anywhere in Europe. Maybe somewhere in US/Canada is higher?

“Anthony Albanese … is encouraging people to take public transport where they can”… by reducing the relative cost of driving. Right.

Ugh, stupid

Woah, its the new Australind livery

The problem with this interchange would be fixed if if were a roundabout interchange, like at Hester Avenue. Practically impossible to go down the wrong way that way.

This is worrying

Perth is already seeing an increase in public transport patronage due to oil prices… maybe.

Uh oh. First weekday for the new Midland station and there are technical issues

Why must our transport minister be so disdainful of light rail? archive.md/r0x4q

The New Midland Station opens tomorrow, and I'm a little sad because it means that for the first time since work on the Butler extension began in 2010, Perth doesn't have any rail extensions or new stations under construction or about to begin construction.

It was just announced that the Federal Government is selling off Irwin Barracks! This would make a great transit oriented development. Karrakatta station is right there and underutilised.

It was just announced that the Federal Government is selling off Irwin Barracks! This would make a great transit oriented development. Karrakatta station is right there and underutilised.

thewest.com.au/news/traffic... This is a reminder that induced demand works in both directions. If you remove roads, people adapt accordingly.

Which station do you think receive more weekly boardings? Without knowing anything else, a lot of people would guess incorrectly.

Which station do you think receive more weekly boardings? Without knowing anything else, a lot of people would guess incorrectly.

New on the blog! The official diagram of Transperth rail services has a lot of problems, but here's the two big ones:

This table is with a few problems fixed. Sydney now includes Newcastle and Wollongong in its population. Melbourne no longer includes regional train/bus/coach patronage. I know that V/line services part of suburban Melbourne, but I don't know if its possible to separate that from regional V/line.

I've created this table for the five largest Australian cities. Sydney and Melbourne are better than any US city except NY. South East Queensland and Adelaide are between Boston and Honolulu.

We don't compare well to Canada though. No reason we can't have ridership as good as Edmonton

Perth is in between Seattle and Miami for total ridership

Turns out the Greenbushes-Bunbury railway line will not be reopened for the Talison Lithium mine. A feasibility study found that it would not be "economically viable".

The contract for Perth's five new electric ferries has been awarded to Echo Marine. They will enter service in two years. www.wa.gov.au/government/m...

Transperth has begun accepting contactless payments today. These credit card symbols have seemingly appeared overnight on buses.

This is worth it solely for this reaction

Contactless payments are coming to Transperth this December! This will be particularly helpful to tourists and people who don't use public transport that often. www.wa.gov.au/government/m...

In situations like this, I feel like they should just leave the train there, and run Midland and Airport line services as normal, at least until the end of peak. The train is seemingly still stuck there, according to the Transperth website.

A Perthbound Ellenbrook line train had derailed at the junction leaving Bayswater station. Train replacement buses are running.