Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Eastern Goldfields Railway, was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. [1] It is a part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Perth and the rest of Australia.
In rail administration, lines were given generic titles such as the Eastern Railway and the South Western, rather than being named after their destination. Metropolitan – ER – Eastern Railway – suburban; Bunbury – SWR – South Western Railway; Kalgoorlie – EGR – Eastern Goldfields Railway; Mullewa – NR – Northern Railway
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 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 .
In the 1960s standard (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) gauge lines penetrated to Perth and Esperance and long distance heavy-haul railways were built in the Pilbara region by major iron mining companies, particularly BHP and Hamersley Iron. The Perth suburban lines were electrified and extended.
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 ...
In the late 1960s, the Eastern and Eastern Goldfields lines between Perth and Kalgoorlie was gauge converted to allow through operation of trains from the eastern states along with the Esperance & Menzies lines, with sections through the Avon River and east of Southern Cross built on new alignments.
The original section from Fremantle to Guildford (and onwards to Midland) is still in use as part of Transperth's suburban passenger rail network. Transwa's AvonLink, MerredinLink and Prospector rail services use the line from East Perth to Northam, Merredin and Kalgoorlie. [21]