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Esperance Northwards Railway Act 1914, assented to on 10 February 1915, authorised construction of a 97-kilometre-long (60 mi) railway line northwards from Esperance. [16] Esperance Northwards Railway Extension Act 1922, assented to on 30 December 1922, authorised the construction of a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) railway line extension to Salmon Gums.
Transwa is a division of the Western Australian government's Public Transport Authority.It is responsible for operating public transport in regional Western Australia. It has four train services: the Australind, which goes from Perth to Bunbury; the AvonLink, which goes from Midland to Northam; the MerredinLink, which goes from Midland to Merredin; and The Prospector, which goes from East ...
For most of the years that the WAGR existed as that entity, main offices, and divisional offices and buildings were all within a short range of Perth railway station. Rationalisation of the diverse addresses and locations occurred with the construction of the East Perth Head Office building. Head office – East Perth
Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 240 destinations, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south west to Esperance in the south east. The Transwa system provides transport between Perth and the major regional towns of Bunbury , Kalgoorlie , Northam , Geraldton and Albany .
The Western Australian lines developed in narrow 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge from Fremantle (the port of Perth), Geraldton, Bunbury, Albany and Esperance, mainly for carrying grain and minerals, with the private Midland Railway Company and Great Southern Railway adding 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge lines in the Wheatbelt with the support of land ...
The South Western Railway was opened between Perth and Bunbury in 1893. Suburban services initially ran as far as Cannington, but were extended over the following decades to reach Armadale station by the 1950s to form the Armadale line. [5] Initially served by steam trains, diesel railcars began running on 28 November 1954.
Perth's rail network is the third busiest in Australia, behind Sydney Trains and Metro Trains Melbourne. [ 104 ] The most used stations as of October 2017 are Perth and Perth Underground , with 38,159 boardings per weekday, Elizabeth Quay , with 11,860, Murdoch , with 7,969, Warwick , with 5,125, and Joondalup , with 4,791.
In the late 1960s, long-distance coaches operated from Perth to Meekatharra, Esperance, Geraldton and Albany. [54] In the early 1970s the WAGR Bus service included seasonal six-day Wildflower Study Tours from Perth and along roads to and from Geraldton through the northern wheatbelt. [55]