Community celebrates as Ellenbrook Line officially opens

The Ellenbrook Line has officially opened today – marking the biggest expansion of Perth's rail network in more than 16 years.

The new line will connect tens of thousands of people in Perth's growing north-eastern suburbs to the rail network for the first time.

The 21-kilometre line includes five new stations at Morley, Noranda, Ballajura, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook, and will tie in with the new Bayswater Station that opened earlier this year.

Each station has modern facilities with a total of 3,300 parking bays and 335 bicycle storage racks, with trains to operate every 12 minutes at peak times and every 15 minutes outside of this.

The journey from Ellenbrook to the city will take only 30 minutes – less than half the time it currently takes on public transport.

The north-east of the city will also see a significant improvement in bus services to support the new line, with around 100 new buses being brought into service, adding around five million bus service kilometres every year.

A contract to construct the new line was awarded in late 2020, with early works beginning immediately, and major construction starting in the second half of 2021.

Construction has supported approximately 6,500 jobs, including 332 apprentices, 140 graduates and 290 Aboriginal employees.

The state-of-the-art stations will unlock economic development in the local community including commercial and housing opportunities linked to major infrastructure and services.