Hon James Hayward asks about upgrades to the Albany Transwa terminus, breakdown statistics for the Albany-Perth service, and plans to improve bus service reliability. The Minister responds that upgrades were completed in 2019 and provides breakdown statistics.

AnsweredQoN 295Legislative Council
Asked
16 June 2021
Portfolio
Transport

QuestionView source ↗

TRANSWA — ALBANY–PERTH
295. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to Transwa services
provided in Albany.
(1) Are there any
plans to upgrade facilities at the Albany terminus to accommodate passengers in
terms of improved shelter, seating and toilets?
(2) If no to (1),
why not; and, if yes to (1), when will these upgrades be completed, and will
they include provisions for disabled and elderly passengers?
(3) Can the
minister provide statistics on how often the Transwa service from Albany to
Perth has broken down in the period from 1 July 2020 to date and the delays
these breakdowns resulted in?
(4) Does the
minister have any plans to improve the reliability of Transwa bus services in
regional areas?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The new Albany Transwa booking centre was
completed in July 2019. It has internal seating for passengers within
the booking centre, covered external areas for seating and for the road coach
boarding areas, and accessible toilets are available at the old railway
station.
(3)–(4) There
have been five mechanical breakdowns to date from 1 July 2020 from a total of 1
050 services.

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