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Buses in Perth, Western Australia, are operated under the brand Transperth.The Public Transport Authority of the Government of Western Australia tenders the provision of bus routes in Perth to private operators; [1] privatisation of Transperth services began in 1993 and was completed in July 1998.
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 .
It operates bus, ferry and train services in Perth under the Transperth brand, regional road coach and train services in regional Western Australia under the Transwa brand and manages school bus services. [3] [4]
Route Destination / description Notes; Stand 1: 811: Geraldton via Northam and Mullewa [23] Transwa services: 879, GPE1: Kalbarri or Geraldton via Eneabba [24] 891, 851: Geraldton via Moora [25] EP3, EP5: Esperance via Kulin or via Hyden [26] Stand 2: 301: to Midland Health Campus [27] 901: Rail replacement service to Perth: Stand 3: 314
The Transperth bus system has over 1,499 buses and 51 bus stations, 38 of which are interchanges at railway stations. Buses have operated under private operators from 1903; these private operators were bought out by the Metropolitan Transport Trust starting in 1958. Contracting out the bus operations began in the mid-1990s.
The first high frequency bus route in Perth was the 950, running from Morley bus station (now Galleria bus station) to Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre via Beaufort Street, the Perth CBD and the University of Western Australia. This route started operating on 27 January 2014, replacing several existing routes and allowing people to go from the ...
The site occupied by East Perth station, East Perth Terminal and the Public Transport Centre was formerly the East Perth Locomotive Depot. [2] The station took the name of the previous East Perth station, which was renamed Claisebrook. [3] The former East Perth railway station was removed on the change of the railway system in the late 1960s.
The town is connected by public transport to Perth, Albany and Kalgoorlie via Transwa coach services GE1, GE2, GE3 and GE4. Regional Express Airlines has daily flights to/from Perth, arriving and departing from Esperance Airport. The Esperance-Perth route was previously serviced by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Skywest Airlines. The ...