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A C-Series train at Alstom’s Bellevue facility.

Faulty wiper, communications system forces Perth passengers off C-Series train

Passengers on Wednesday were told to get off their service entering the Perth underground and catch the next train because the train could no longer continue service.

  • Hamish Hastie

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The Labor leaders disembark a Metronet train on the new line.

‘Over budget’ Thornlie-Cockburn link opens, free travel for Armadale line continues

Labor also reiterated its plan to expand Metronet with more Swan River ferry stops.

The shopfronts at Bayswater Station have been empty since its opening more than a year ago.

Metronet offers two years free rent carrot to get businesses under the tracks

Metronet is offering two years of free rent to lure small businesses into nine train stations across the city.

  • Hamish Hastie
The Armadale line elevation project.

Metronet ‘circle line’ could rise from ashes if Labor wins another term

Labor’s original vision for Metronet included north and south circle routes, but that has not yet come to fruition.

  • Hamish Hastie
The Australind service to Bunbury will get more trains.

Regional transport fares to be halved, Australind line to get more trains under Labor promise

The election promise would cost the state $13 million in foregone revenue across the forward estimates. 

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Federal Infrastructure Catherine King and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti opened the five new Metronet stations on Sunday morning.

Ellenbrook line opens 16 years after it was first promised

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, WA Premier Roger Cook and Federal Infrastructure Catherine King muscled through crowds of interested locals and train enthusiasts as they opened the five new stations on Sunday morning.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Premier Roger Cook taps his SmartRider.

Summer of thrifty ride: Government brings back free transport, flags public holiday change

In an event-studded Perth weekend, the state government has announced a repeat of last year’s free public transport over summer.

The new crossing.

The multibillion-dollar project causing a big stink in Midland

Local resident Fiona Nichols says a smell from the work has started making her feel dizzy.

  • Jamie Freestone
Major works are happening under the Metronet project across the city.

Perth’s $12 billion rail project gets a rebrand ahead of election

The opposition has demanded the state government come clean on a cash splash to rebrand its flagship Metronet rail project.

  • Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
With details – and designs – for the Metronet float scarce, we turned to WAtoday’s graphic design department for ideas...

Mystery surrounds taxpayer bill for canned Metronet Christmas pageant float

Want to know how much you’ll pay for a non-existent Christmas pageant float? The Metronet office would rather not say.

  • Jesinta Burton

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