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❓ The parliamentary question addresses potential train delays on the Ellenbrook, Airport, and Midland lines due to shared platform usage at Perth station. The answer clarifies platform usage and mitigation strategies for delays.

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Asked

19 June 2025

Member

Hon Steve Martin

Portfolio

Transport

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I refer to the Public Transport Authority's passenger rail network, and I ask: (a) do trains on the Ellenbrook, Airport, and Midland lines currently all leave and arrive on a single platform in Perth; (b) if yes to (a), does this cause train delays as trains are required to wait at stations for the platform in Perth to clear; (c) if yes to (b), for how long are the trains having to wait; (d) in reference to (a), is any log or record kept of the cumulative time that this issue is having on passenger travel times; (e) if yes to (d), can a one-month example of impacts to passenger travel times be tabled; and (f) if no to (a), was this recently the practice?

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Answered

13 August 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport

Response time

5 days

(a)-(f) Services from Midland, Ellenbrook and High Wycombe generally arrive on Platform 7; and services to Midland, Ellenbrook and High Wycombe generally depart from Platform 8.
An extended dwell on either platforms 7 or 8 may delay other services but the Public Transport Authority can re-route trains through Perth to mitigate this.

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