The Transperth system consists of an extensive bus network, a fully-electrified urban train system, and ferry service.
Bus services in the Perth metropolitan area
At the end of 2023, Transperth was operating a fleet of 1690 buses, servicing 295 standard timetabled routes, 226 school-bus routes and nine CAT (Central Area Transit) routes. On a typical weekday, this involves 17,944 standard trips, 226 school service trips and 1277 CAT trips.
Three contractors provide these services under the Transperth banner: Path Transit, Swan Transit and Transdev.
There were more than 83 million total bus boardings in the 2023-24 financial year, increasing 20.5 per cent compared to 2022-23.
Train services in the Perth metropolitan area
A train fleet of 342 railcars that operate as two, three, four or six-car trains make an average of 89,966 weekly trips across the network:
- Airport
- Armadale/Thornlie
- Ellenbrook (which opened in December 2024)
- Fremantle
- Midland
- Mandurah
- Yanchep
These services are operated by PTA's Transperth Train Operations division.
There were more than 56 million total rail boardings in the 2023-24 financial year.
Ferry services in the Perth metropolitan area
There are three ferries (the MV Phillip Pendal, MV Shelley Taylor-Smith and MV Tricia) which make 122 trips a day Monday to Thursday and 134 trips on Friday on the summertime table, and 60 trips on an average weekday on the wintertime table.
The contract to operate these services for Transperth is held by SeaLink.
There were more than 871,000 total ferry boardings in the 2023-24 financial year, increasing 29.1 per cent compared to 2022-23.
More information
For more information about Transperth, including service and fare information, please visit the Transperth website or call the Transperth InfoLine on 13 62 13.