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.

YES!! archive.md/tQ8gn

The final Metronet project is opening on 22 February!

The Floreat Precint Structure Plan has been approved, allowing up to 20 storeys at the Floreat Forum Shopping Centre!

Just a reminder that Basil is a Nimby archive.md/nB1JO

SmartRider? What's that?

These frequencies are driven by patronage forecasts, which will be anywhere from double to quadruple current levels in 2051 (again, these forecasts were done pre-Covid).

This is what Transperth's peak hour frequencies are planned to look like in 2051. This forecast was done pre-Covid (about 2019 or so), so this might not happen by 2051, but it does give a good idea of what the Public Transport Authority is aiming for. I'm excited that up to 24 TPH is planned.

Fremantle line usage is about to explode! www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

Who says that elevated rail has to be ugly? Not me

Are these signs allowed outside election periods?

And here’s the same location today

Perth is not getting light rail for a very long time. thewest.com.au/politics/sta...

The 3-decade old A-series trains have a display in the drivers cab that links to on-platform cameras for use when closing doors. The C-series trains have thrown that system out the window, using train mounted cameras, which offer a far worse view and need regular cleaning, which is not being done.

I love royal show week. The trains are so busy!

Many Americans would call Australia’s suburban rail systems “light rail”.

It's confirmed. The Armadale line express services will not return when the Byford extension opens, which I'm happy about. It makes for higher frequencies on inner stations. I'm pretty sure this makes Perth the first city in Australia to permanently do away with express train services.

Not long to go until the Byford extension opens. Testing the displays at stations is happening today.

Now the Liberal Party is opposing the Matilda Bay ferry terminal. 🤦 archive.md/R3zub

New radio poles have been put up in Maylands. This is part of the new digital radio system for Transperth, which will be used by new CBTC signalling.

It surprises me that there are wooden sleepers on the Yanchep line (built 1990s)

My Say Transport is doing a survey on the Canning Bridge station upgrade. www.mysaytransport.wa.gov.au/cbbi Some new images have been released too.

Some movement on the proposed Murdoch station upgrade. The state government is doing a survey. www.mysaytransport.wa.gov.au/murdoch-stat...

This makes me want the WA government to build South Perth station. Its already quite dense around there, and is going to be even more so in the future.

The railway station at Woollahra, partly built with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Railway in 1976, but never completed, will now be built, along with re-zoning the surrounding area for 10,000 new homes. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

I’m delighted to discover that the old tracks have been left imbedded in the footpath at Carlisle station.

Uh oh, NIMBYs are complaining about the future Applecross ferry terminal as well. When choosing between locating the terminal at a freeway interchange or right next to a bunch of apartment towers, I know which one I would choose. www.perthnow.com.au/news/applecr...

Transperth trains are now less reliable than Melbourne's 😱

Due to the limitations of comparing the Airport, Ellenbrook, Fremantle and Midland lines, I have combined the four lines' patronage for this graph. Its hard to make good comparisons due to COVID, but it looks like the Airport and Ellenbrook lines have added about 2 to 4 million passengers per year.

The Mandurah line's annual patronage has surpassed 23 million for the first time in 2024-25, following on from a previous record year in 2023-24.

This is why the WA government wants to expand the ferry system

This is why the WA government wants to expand the ferry system

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved an absolutely massive area of East Wanneroo for urban sprawl. 😔

Very funny that while New York is building a circumferential surface-level light rail line, Melbourne is building a circumferential underground heavy rail line.

The Byford extension is opening on the 13th of October. So 5 months after track laying was completed, and. 5 months late.

The location of the ferry stop at UWA has been chosen. It will be the centre of Matilda Bay, closer to the centre of the UWA campus than the 950 bus stop. A fair number of people will probably switch to the ferry IMO. The government is still aiming for opening in late 2027. archive.md/P34bR

Minister for Local Government Hannah Beazley please replace the City of South Perth council with commissioners and plant 30 more trees here

South Perth station is needed imo. That area is one of the densest in Perth. I suspect that the government doesn’t want it to cannibalise ferry patronage though, especially given the upcoming ferry expansion. www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/cen...

Yes please. It’s insane that Bunbury is divided into 4 LGAs, two of which are based in towns outside the Bunbury metropolitan area. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Good riddance to the Mayor of Nedlands, whose interview on ABC radio was so ridiculous that it resulted in this editor’s note. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Sure, it’s past mistakes that have contributed to this but, in a city of 2m+ people, when the platform level view from the main station is of a car park directly adjacent and an exit for a 7 level car park directly above the station, it’s an indictment on so many levels.

The Westrail network was privatised for 50 years for $585 million in 2000. This year, the rail network's owner earned a $132 million dividend from it. This privatisation was ridiculously irresponsible. www.afr.com/companies/in...

Taken from a great YouTube by @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social, this chart of road fatalities per 100,000 pop in major US and Australian States and Canadian Provinces is stark. Death rates correlate with how much we drive, car sizes, Public Transport & pedestrian infrastructure youtube.com/watch?v=JBPk...

East Perth terminal has the Sydney Trains roundel on Google Maps for some reason