- New legislation to significantly increase rail trespass penalties introduced today
- Maximum fine for rail trespass will increase from $200 to $5000
- Change designed to deter dangerous, risk taking offences
- Category B incidents 'that may have the potential to cause a serious accident' have risen by more than 70 per cent from 510 in 2017-18 to 885 in 2018-19
- 95 per cent of train passengers and 91 per cent of bus passengers satisfied with Transperth services
- Green shoots emerge in patronage data with an additional 1.6 million extra boardings over 2018-19
- $1.25 million patronage campaign has increased willingness to use public transport
- Work is well underway on a number of major METRONET transport projects
Don’t put up with traffic gridlocks and the struggle to find parking - Transperth services are the best and easiest way to get to and from the Perth Royal Show.
- Tender to build assembly and maintenance facility for METRONET railcars released
- Involves construction of main manufacturing facility and high-voltage testing building
- More than 200 direct long-term jobs, and hundreds of indirect jobs created through facility and railcar construction
- Tender to be awarded late 2019 with construction expected to begin next year
- Major McGowan Government election commitment to return railcar manufacturing to WA underway
- New deviation introduced to Route 30 bus in August
- Seven buses now stop in front of Manning Community Hub, Monday to Friday
- Saves patrons the 1.4km walk from the next closest stop on Marsh Avenue
- Deviation will run on a 12-month trial