❓ Question regarding train disruptions on the Joondalup and Mandurah rail line on 24 June 2015 due to a points failure at Butler. The answer details the time of the delay, the technical issue, service resumption, and the number of affected services.
AnsweredQoN 3310Legislative Council
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I refer to the train disruptions to the Joondalup and Mandurah rail line on 24 June 2015, and I ask: (a) what time did the delays first occur; (b) what were the technical issues responsible; (c) when did services resume; and (d) how many services were affected?
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Answered
15 September 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
35 days
(a) 2:16pm.
(b) There was a points failure at Butler and the Public Transport Authority's Train Control could not move the points remotely.
(c) No services ceased.
(d) 28 services were affected.
(b) There was a points failure at Butler and the Public Transport Authority's Train Control could not move the points remotely.
(c) No services ceased.
(d) 28 services were affected.
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