❓ A parliamentary question regarding Mandurah line patronage figures and the communication of planned rail closures for construction. The answer provides details on the timeline of decisions and advertising related to the shutdowns.
AnsweredQoN 2100Legislative Assembly
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(1) What were the average weekday and average weekend day patronage figures for the Mandurah line in each of the following:
(a) November 2008;
(b) December 2008;
(c) January 2009;
(d) February 2009; and
(e) March 2009?
(2) Why are there no publicly available figures for patronage on individual rail lines?
(3) When was the decision first made by Main Roads and/or the Public Transport Authority that the Mandurah rail between Rockingham and Mandurah would close for four weekends in January and February 2010?
(4) When was the decision first advertised?
(5) In what forums did that advertising take place?
(a) November 2008;
(b) December 2008;
(c) January 2009;
(d) February 2009; and
(e) March 2009?
(2) Why are there no publicly available figures for patronage on individual rail lines?
(3) When was the decision first made by Main Roads and/or the Public Transport Authority that the Mandurah rail between Rockingham and Mandurah would close for four weekends in January and February 2010?
(4) When was the decision first advertised?
(5) In what forums did that advertising take place?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
56 days
(3)-(5) Not applicable. Main Roads (1) - (2) Not applicable. (3) In July/August 2009, Main Roads, PTA and Southern Gateway Alliance held a series of meetings to discuss the rail shutdown timetable. The formal application by Southern Gateway Alliance for the agreed January/February 2010 scheduled shutdowns was submitted to PTA late September 2009. (4) Advice of the shutdown was first discussed with the Community Representative Group on 8 December 2009 with notice to the general public initially provided in the Mandurah Entrance Road Project Update newsletter released on 17 December 2009. (5) In addition to the project newsletter, advertising appeared in the local community newspapers from 6 January 2010 and in the West Australian from 9 January 2010. Websites of Southern Gateway Alliance, Main Roads and the Public Transport Authority also contained information about the shut down from the start of January. Advice to rail commuters was provided by the TravelEasy email notification service. Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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