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New on the blog! The official diagram of Transperth rail services has a lot of problems, but here's the two big ones:

transitmap.netSubmission – Official Map: Transperth Rail Diagram, 2026Submitted by Noah, who says: I would appreciate a review of the updated system map for Transperth. Transit Maps says: This dates from October 2025, when the Armadale line was extended one station to Byford. Again, this is one of those diagrams that gets the job done, but absolutely lacks any finesse and craft. There's a whole litany of problems here — angled labels when there's plenty of room for them to be horizontal, inconsistent corner radii, a river that just ends (where's the West Australian coast?), icons that are visually too similar to each other, etc.

Midmantle

@midmantle.bsky.social

12 Jan

The worst problem from my perspective is that the Midland and Fremantle lines have not yet been merged into one Midmantle line to reflect the reality that they are one line. Ditto for the Mandurah and Yanchep lines.

Transit Maps

@transitmap.net

The Mandurah/Yanchep lines do interline, and the diagram attempts to show that between Perth Underground and Elizabeth Quay. I suspect they retain their own identity because the vast number of people use rail as a commuter service from their suburb to Perth with very few running through the city.

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