❓ Mr Murray questions the Minister for Transport regarding the integration of Transwa bus services with the Australind train timetable, specifically the long wait times in Bunbury. The Minister defends the decision as a necessary compromise due to limited resources, highlighting positive feedback despite imperfections.
AnsweredQoN 760Legislative Assembly
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COUNTRY BUS SERVICES
760. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the media release of 1 November
2013 by the member for Warren–Blackwood, following the minister's
review of the Transwa return coach services from Bunbury to Collie to Boyup
Brook, in which he stated —
These services will be integrated
with the Australind train timetable departing Bunbury Terminal.
(1) How is a
three-hour-and-45-minute wait at the Bunbury passenger terminal for the Australind to depart considered an
integrated service?
(2) When and with
whom did the minister consult to develop the revised SW3 timetable that will
run from Perth to Pemberton via Collie, Boyup Brook and Bridgetown, and in
reverse?
760. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the media release of 1 November
2013 by the member for Warren–Blackwood, following the minister's
review of the Transwa return coach services from Bunbury to Collie to Boyup
Brook, in which he stated —
These services will be integrated
with the Australind train timetable departing Bunbury Terminal.
(1) How is a
three-hour-and-45-minute wait at the Bunbury passenger terminal for the Australind to depart considered an
integrated service?
(2) When and with
whom did the minister consult to develop the revised SW3 timetable that will
run from Perth to Pemberton via Collie, Boyup Brook and Bridgetown, and in
reverse?
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(1)–(2) This
is actually a good outcome for the Boyup Brook community. The member for Collie–Preston
came into this place and grieved to me about an outcome like this on behalf of
his constituents. I think it is a good outcome for his constituents. At the end
of the day, as I explained to the member for Collie‑Preston during that
grievance—slowly and in short words—we have finite capacity to
deal with transport issues right across the state. Ultimately, we have to make
decisions to spread the taxpayer dollar allocated to Transwa, particularly
across the southern areas of the state from Kalbarri south. As part of that, we
have had to review some of the routes. Initially, the advice that came back was
that the route that went from Bunbury to Collie to Boyup Brook should cease to
operate. The member for Collie–Preston did a good job on behalf of his
community articulating its concerns to me; the member for Warren–Blackwood
did a similarly good job on behalf of his constituents. I think we have come up
with a solution. Is it perfect? No. But the service has been reinstated, and we
have had positive feedback from the communities that were impacted.
is actually a good outcome for the Boyup Brook community. The member for Collie–Preston
came into this place and grieved to me about an outcome like this on behalf of
his constituents. I think it is a good outcome for his constituents. At the end
of the day, as I explained to the member for Collie‑Preston during that
grievance—slowly and in short words—we have finite capacity to
deal with transport issues right across the state. Ultimately, we have to make
decisions to spread the taxpayer dollar allocated to Transwa, particularly
across the southern areas of the state from Kalbarri south. As part of that, we
have had to review some of the routes. Initially, the advice that came back was
that the route that went from Bunbury to Collie to Boyup Brook should cease to
operate. The member for Collie–Preston did a good job on behalf of his
community articulating its concerns to me; the member for Warren–Blackwood
did a similarly good job on behalf of his constituents. I think we have come up
with a solution. Is it perfect? No. But the service has been reinstated, and we
have had positive feedback from the communities that were impacted.
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