A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed financial and ridership data for various public transport services. The answer provides subsidy percentages and directs the member to the Annual Report for ridership numbers.

AnsweredQoN 5849Legislative Assembly
Asked
28 November 2019
Portfolio
Transport

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I refer to
public transport in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) What is the public subsidy relevant to each of the public transport types below for the 2018-19 financial year: (i) Transperth bus; (ii) Transperth rail; (iii) Transperth ferry; (iv) TransWA train; and (v) TransWA coach; (b) What is the total number of boardings for each public transport type identified in (a) for the 2018-19 financial year; (c) What is the total public transport subsidy for the 2018-19 financial year; and (d) What is the total public transport subsidy for each year from 2019-20 to 2022–2023?

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Answered
12 February 2020
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
3 days
(a)
(i) 74.7 per cent
(ii) 45.8 per cent
(iii) 32.9 per cent
(iv) 71.2 per cent
(v) 60.9 per cent
(b) The Member should refer to the Public Transport Authority’s Annual Report.
(c) 57.1 per cent
(d) The forecasts are as follows: 2019-20 – 57.3 per cent; 2020-21 – 58.5 per cent; 2021-22 – 55.6 per cent; 2022-23 – 56.6 per cent

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