❓ Question regarding train disruption on the Armadale rail line on March 3, 2015, due to a person being struck by a train. The answer details the timing of the disruption, the cause, resumption of services, and the number of affected services.
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I refer to the train disruption to the Armadale rail line on Tuesday, 3 March 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
21 April 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
42 days
(a) 9.20pm.
(b) There was no technical issues responsible for the delay as a train struck a person on the rail line before Challis station.
(c) Full services resumed from 5.05am on Wednesday 4
March 2015.
(d) Trains continued to operate between Perth and Gosnells and 15 train services were cancelled between Gosnells and Armadale (and return).
(b) There was no technical issues responsible for the delay as a train struck a person on the rail line before Challis station.
(c) Full services resumed from 5.05am on Wednesday 4
March 2015.
(d) Trains continued to operate between Perth and Gosnells and 15 train services were cancelled between Gosnells and Armadale (and return).
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