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@railmaps.com.au

The first of a fleet of four new diesel railcars enters service today, marking the return of 'The Australind' Perth to Bunbury passenger trains after an absence of 2 and a half years. A second will arrive in August and the service will ramp up to 4 return trips per day www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

abc.net.auDisruption-plagued Perth-to-Bunbury train service resumes after years of delaysThe disruption-plagued Perth-to-Bunbury train service is back on track following years of breakdowns and delays, but locals remain frustrated over the rollout.

28/6/26, 1:10 am8 reposts33 likes

Midmantle

@midmantle.bsky.social

28 June

4 return trips per day is less than the frequency promised in 2025. It was meant to be 5. A bit worrying

Railmaps

@railmaps.com.au

28 June

I guess we'll see. Availability of railcar sets won't be the issue - it will be questions of demand and of track capacity I suspect.

Chris Jones

@drcgjones.bsky.social

28 June

Alcoa might be using the line a fair bit less by then?

Midmantle

@midmantle.bsky.social

28 June

I’ve heard that Arc Infrastructure isn’t exactly enthused about more passenger trains. They greatly favour freight trains

Railmaps

@railmaps.com.au

28 June

It's interesting to consider the potential full timetable. You'd want arrivals in each of Perth and Bunbury about 8:30am and departures around 17:30 for peak working hours. Then probably midday arrivals at each and maybe a 21:30 departure from Perth. Plus footy specials to and from Stadium.

Railmaps

@railmaps.com.au

28 June

With four 3-car sets in service you could do this easily, whilst having the ability to run high demand services as 6 car double sets and still leave some slack for having one set out for maintenance.

Running Strong

@75andrunningstrong.bsky.social

28 June

Typical headline from ABC making a success story sound like a failure. But, ANYTHING to prop up the Conservative side 🙄