Perth Public Transport

[city_thing]

A train arriving at Subiaco, out of the tunnel:


Some guy gives the camera man a dirty look at the end.

[alvse]

Originally Posted by Perth4life

i don't think it's got anything to do with the freeway i just think its because the land next to the station is undeveloped as you can tell by the sand and crap next to it, where the yard up there is might have something to do with it i don't know where it's positioned.

I pretty sure the freeway will meet up with the NSR near Arena Joondalup and run either along side the current alignment, or either side as it does now... I'm pretty sure I've seen a PDF of this somewhere.

[Perth4life]

link to this pdf???

[alvse]

Can find the PDF... but here is a link to main road that states;

"The work will include completing the existing interchange at Hodges Drive and constructing new interchanges at Shenton Avenue and Burns Beach Road. There will be bridges over the Freeway at Hodges Drive, Shenton Avenue and Moore Drive.

South of Moore Drive a tunnel will be built so the railway can be relocated from the western side of the Freeway reserve to the Freeway median. The railway will pass under the Freeway's southbound lanes via a tunnel, into the median and continue north to Currambine Station. " - http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Inter...n/mitchell.asp

There is a PDF that has a diagram with the rail and freeway alignments
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/NR/rd...itchell993.pdf

[smeghead]

Originally Posted by Perth4life

i don't think it's got anything to do with the freeway i just think its because the land next to the station is undeveloped as you can tell by the sand and crap next to it, where the yard up there is might have something to do with it i don't know where it's positioned.

The railway actually stays within the freeway reservation until just past Nowergup Depot, near Butler. So I'd expect the northbound carriagway of the Mitchell to be found under that bridge.

[Perth4life]

i stand corrected

[gotime]

Originally Posted by city_thing

Have any of you guys ever caught the 2am train home? Is it well staffed by security?

and Joondalup station is by far the best on the Clarkson line, simply because it's underground.

i make use of the 2am trains a bit. they are usually packed full but there's rarely problems, although i only ever use the fremantle or midland lines. well staffed with transit guards and a bit of a party atmosphere onboard.

[Ipggi]

Great thread guys, love the collection of photos.

Here is the train control room.

[Ipggi]

Originally Posted by Jean Luc

Is it true that the Northern Suburbs line breaks even in terms of fare revenue covering day-to-day operating costs? Or that it carries as many passengers as Perth's other lines combined?

Would it have been a good idea to have it divert off the Mitchell Freeway to serve Inaloo, a major centre apparently?

The freeway and thus the train line runs right past the eastern border of Innaloo. The current design of the NSL is to keep the system as simple and fast as possible. Using feeder services such as buses and park-n-ride to service the stations. Rather then creating station and line spurs and turning the line it into a tangled mess.

[finn]

Check out this image of the Brighton Masterplan below to indicate where the Northern Suburbs rail line will run past Clarkson.

After Clarkson the next station will be Butler, which will still be within the Mitchell Freeway median. After that the railway will head west, out of the freeway median to the next station at Brighton. It is interesting to see that some fairly decent mixed-use resi/commercial precincts are planned around the stations within the Brighton Master Plan.

Presumably after these stations the next will be Alkimos, then maybe one or two more before reaching Yanchep.

You can also see that the Mitchell freeway will split to go around the Nowergup rail facility, with the south-bound lanes curving right out to the east, while the north-bound lanes maintain the same orientation straight-ahead.

[NZer]

Sprawl.

[docker]

Thornlie Line

which will hopefully be expanded to connect to the SSR/Mandurah line in the long term, but in the short term hopefully there will be a nicholson rd station which would be the main station for Baseball Park and canning vale.

Thornlie



Cannington


Queens Park


Welshpool


Oats Street


Carlisle


Victoria Park
(Currently)

(Future)


Burswood


Belmont Park (event station)


Then Claisebrook, McIver and Central.

[stevo89]

i notice on the Armadale line they run 4 carriage trains all day now, there must a big increase in human traffic

[docker]

Armadale Line

Armadale


Sherwood


Challis


Kelmscott
(Old)

(Future)



Seaforth


Gosnells


Maddington


Kenwick


Beckenham


and then:
CANNINGTON
OATS STREET
CLAISEBROOK
McIVER
CENTRAL

[city_thing]

Stations on the Armadale line are hideous.

[Citystyle]

An important Document if you want to know where Perth's rail service is going in the future.

http://dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/uploadedFil..._coalition.pdf

[Bullswool]

train services to mandurah will run at 130km/h, starting from south of Bull Creek station. The rest is 110/120 and 80 when nearing the narrows bridge.

[ontt]

Originally Posted by docker

Thornlie Line

which will hopefully be expanded to connect to the SSR/Mandurah line in the long term, but in the short term hopefully there will be a nicholson rd station which would be the main station for Baseball Park and canning vale.

Is it possible to have 2 stations on a spur line? I thought you could only have one, then you need to actually build a new line if you want more.

[chrisaus]

very armadale check out the clothes

[Perth4life]

hahaha