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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 ...
The Australind departs Perth in March 1986 hauled by an X class. The Australind service began on 24 November 1947 and was hauled initially by U class steam locomotives. [2] With an average speed of 63 km/h (39 mph), it was the fastest narrow gauge passenger train in Australia. [3]
Bunbury Terminal (also known as Bunbury Passenger Terminal) is a train and bus station for Transwa services. The terminal is located in East Bunbury, Western Australia . It is the terminus station for the Australind train service to/from Perth along the South Western line .
The Wilman Wadandi Highway is a ring road around the city of Bunbury, Western Australia which was completed in December 2024. [1] The road is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long, and links Forrest Highway in the north-east to Bussell Highway in the south-west, passing via South Western Highway and is expected to cut travel time from Perth to Margaret River by 20 minutes.
A bypass was also planned around Mandurah, which underwent detailed environmental reviews and assessments in the 1990s and early 2000s. Construction of the New Perth Bunbury Highway project, which became Forrest Highway and the final Kwinana Freeway extension, began in December 2006, and the new highway was opened on 20 September 2009.
As operated by the WAGR, the line was 185.4 kilometres (115.18 mi) from Perth to Bunbury. [12] Since that time, the line has been shortened to 181 kilometres (112 mi) as some stations have closed, moved or been replaced by passing loops. [13] The first 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the line from Perth are served by Transperth's Armadale Line.
Perth: Bunbury: Walpole: National Route 1 (Bunbury to Walpole) / State Route 20 (Perth to Bunbury) / State Route 107 (Bunbury to Roelands) Southern Cross-Marvel Lock Road Southern Cross: Marvel Lock: Stewart Road Darradup: Biddelia: Sues Road Busselton: Baudin: Darradup: Vasse Highway: Busselton
Patronage of the Perth to Fremantle train line, which had initially been shut down in 1979 to prepare for the development of a highway on the site, has grown substantially between the 1980s and 2010, with current daily patronage levels for this single rail line (approximately 23,000 journeys per day [30]) coming close to the total patronage of ...