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	It's just WESTERN AUSTRALIA not south western Australia. Learn what our city names are first before making any more videos
	Perth is a classic example for mid-size US/Canadian cities to follow. Utilize the legacy track by electrifying it and adding capacity via additional tracks/sections. North American cities can combine existing light rail lines with the legacy rail to form a unified network. Light rail (modified) or small regional type train sets can be utilized to run on the network. Loading gauge and platform heights should be standardized for such trains across the continent.
	For a rather small and somewhat sprawling city I've always felt that Perth is a city that does transit right. The rail network is impressively modern and is definitely among the best in the entire country. The service is fast and frequent with trains on all lines running at least every 15 minutes during the day and with speeds up to 130kph on the Joondalup and Manurah lines; journey times are relatively small. The trains themselves are clean and well maintained with rubbish and graffiti being a rare sight (although I wish the trains had more comfortable seats). The larger stations too are very well designed with plenty of amenities; shelter and very easy interchange with bus services. It's the little things too that make Perth's rail system great, for instance at many stations the platform sits level with the trains meaning passengers with wheelchairs can simply board the train unassisted with minimal gap between the train and the platform. Perhaps what makes the public transport network a success is that it feels like a truly integrated and connected transport network; with train and bus services working together to maximize public transport coverage. Building a rail line on a freeway reserve isn't good for walkability with trains stations having small walk-up catchment, but despite this the Joonadlup and Manurah lines attract good patronage partly by having effective feeder buses that transfer passengers on and off the rail network. Even in the outer suburbs it's not uncommon to have buses running every 20 minutes, 15 minutes, or in some cases; every 10 minutes during peak times. This is perhaps in contrast to some North American cities that build new rail lines and simply rely on park & ride to get passengers onto trains. It's amazing to think that despite Perth having a smaller population than Brisbane and it's rail network being around half the size; Perth's rail network consistently gets more patronage than Brisbane's rail network, which shows you what a rail network with good frequencies and good integration with other modes can achieve.
	HE DID PERTH! (Also 6:36 includes Tasmanian freight)
	YESSS Finally a Perth Video! I've been waiting so long for this.
	Good job with the video, nice to see my city on yout series.For future reference Joondalup is pronounced JoondallupWe are hopeful for a circle route of sorts by 2030. The current Government is big on rail so it's a positive sign going forward!
	Pronounciatoon moment: joond- a- lup
	When Indianapolis has a metro population 2mil and absolutely no rail.
	Would have given it a 5 out of 5 but pronouncing Joondalup, Joon-duh-up
	Looking forward to seeing your videos about the largest systems in east Asia like Kansai(Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe Metro), Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Nanjing, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur!
	The doors on the New C-Series trains are significantly wider than the doors on the older stock, such that the 3 larger doors are effectively equivalent to 4 of the older doors. When the C-Series was first announced they were promoted as having up to 4 doors, but when the contract was settled the 3 door design with wide doors was chosen. Likely the Public Transport Authority (PTA) and Alstom did studies and concluded that the 3 door design would be more effective for the network's needs.
	Completely didn't expect to see a video about Perth!I actually think the system could have way more stations along the Joondalup and Mandurah lines considering the density of houses along the highways.
	The other thing about freeway medians is that they provide positive reinforcement of their service vs the car alternative. When you're in traffic, a big new shiny train whizzes past every few minutes. When you're on the train, you look out the window at the traffic you're passing at a higher speed. Plus, the speed limit on the freeway is 110kph, so having a 130kph train adds to its positive reinforcement - its effectively free advertising fo catching the train in lieu of driving!
	Reece - Good video. Some history/background: * Thornlie wasn't part of the original 3 lines. It is a result of the previous plan to route Mandurah trains via there. Fortunately that didn't happen with the more direct freeway alignment chosen instead. But Thornlie got built as a stub. The benefit is wider than that though as it allows the longer distance Armadale trains to run express, improving journey times.* Agree on comments re capacity. A disadvantage of the airport line is that peak trains on related lines will only be every 12 (not every 10 min). This has a major knock on effect to the bus network. Currently peak buses are every 10 min (main routes) with even local routes every 20 min. However 12 min train frequency will cause many bus routes to be only every 24 min in peak - a poorer service that's not clockface or memory. This is documented in the released plans for the airport area bus network. The trade-off is that stations like Bayswater will have amazing service.* Perth has integrated train/bus multimodal fares. Therefore whether CBD transport is free or not doesn't affect train usage or cost for commuters. Perth was one of the first Aust cities to do integrated fares (in the 1970s along with Adelaide). * There have been a few interesting schemes. Eg the promises for MAX Light Rail that came to nothing about 10 years ago by the Barnett government.* Perth doesn't get enough credit for its train frequency. With its 15 min off-peak 7 day service it is more consistently better than any Australian city apart from Sydney. Very roughly Perth has double Brisbane's train frequency on half the number of lines and half the stations. Yet its rail patronage exceeds Brisbane's. Perth has done a lot with a little due to working its trains hard 7 days and better integrating with buses. Neither are done by lazy and disjointed Brisbane. It's slow but Perth has gradually extended its 15 min service over more of the day including Sunday morning and early evenings (at times where a 30 min frequency is common in all other Australian cities outside Sydney). * Perth also needs credit for its bus network reform. There's still some complex routes and 120 min weekend headways but it's vastly better than in the '90s. There is a frequent orbital route. 900-series routes have tram-like operating hours and frequencies including 15 min maximum waits on Sundays. Government hasn't put a lot of money into increased bus services in recent years but the bus planners there know what they are doing and have been able to increase the number of all day frequent routes. The network is far less radial than the less versatile networks of Adelaide and Brisbane. Rail and bus are planned very closely there, unlike other cities (notably Brisbane) where there isn't much coordination. This has enabled buses to feed rather than duplicate trains with higher frequencies possible in the suburbs. * Passenger information is also quite good. Perth often has multimode network maps at stations. Something that cities like Melbourne could learn from. * There is a feeling there that there's a competent transit authority when travelling the network. You don't get that feeling in some other cities. To summarise Perth has better transit than you might expect from its urban form. Whereas there some other cities (especially with older urban patterns) that are better than their transit.
	An excellent clip Reece. Nailed all the key features really well. Have only visited Perth the once, but found the transport system impressive and easy to navigate. It all helps to have massive income from pay-dirt in WA. Which is probably why Adelaide (about 1.5 million) has still some way to go. Brisbane is also not a bad system, with a similar look apart from the surfeit of median running. Melbourne's trams are fairly awesome, but I always find their rail network a bit bewildering. Of all states Victoria has the geography and population to suit regional rail (by that I mean country / intra-state services) but is yet to fully exploit it. Sydney is probably the most interesting in that it is increasingly not just serving one city, but a conurbation of six and uses a wider variety of modes (suburban rail, inter-urban rail, metro, light rail, ferries, bus-ways, metro-bus and local bus services). That will probably accelerate even more in the late 20s once Western Sydney Airport is operating.
	This is such a good video Reece. Really touches on the many features that makes the Transperth network so good.It was also great that you touched on some impending issues Perth's rail network is about to face, with over-crowding on the Joondalup Line, and track congestion on the Bayswater group.To relieve some of the pressure on the Joondalup Line, the State Government is investigating a 'second northern railway' to serve the future area of East Wanneroo. Branching from the Ellenbrook Line near Malaga. Some ideas for connecting this East Wanneroo Line to Perth, is to quad-track between Perth and Bayswater station (like you said), or dig a parallel tunnel about 2km to the north, that goes to Morley and Edith Cowan University. But both of these result in the East Wanneroo Line bypassing all of the existing suburbs such as Mirrabooka and Alexander Heights.We have been advocating for the East Wanneroo Line to instead use a combination of tunnel and elevated rail (which we know you love), that runs through the middle of Perth's northern suburbs and then 'through-runs' to the Armadale Line. This proposal reduces the over-crowding on the Joondalup Line, reduces the track congestion on the Bayswater group, and increasing the frequency on the Armadale/Thornlie Lines as trains no longer terminate at Perth.
	I feel like Transperth should one day make a high speed train service from Geraldton to Perth and then to Perth to Bunbury. Maybe also one to Esperance and Albany
	My mum used to take me on the train from Kwinana to Mandurah and then back to Kwinana because I loved riding the trains. So many people rely on this train including me. It's a really smooth ride and pretty comfortable and quiet. It's never crammed like New York subway trains
	At least the A set
	I live in Perth and the trains are TRASH
	Perth uses narrow gauge, it's bad then.
	Omg I totally wasn’t expecting this video. Perth is an absolute hidden gem. I was born there and have fond memories of riding the Mandurah line with my brother. Metronet is the lovechild of our progressive Labor party, who is currently beloved by the whole state. So it seems totally feasible that after Metronet is complete, Labor pushes for more projects. There are talks of a light rail system for the CBD, which is promising. I personally love how they are designing stations for the new Ellenbrook line, they are incorporating the bus network extremely well, Perth will have one of the best rail and bus networks for a city of its size in the whole world.
	Excellent video Reece! Well researched and well detailed, and this is why your channel has become successful! If you ever do a video on Adelaide, please get in touch! Cheers (The guy who sent you the heap of Adelaide Timetables and Metrocard last year)
	Thanks for covering Perth we have a fantastic system few things you forget to mention was that all lines minus Midland feed into the stadium and the introduction of the 2 zone fare cap
	Couple of things you might be interested to know:The Mandurah line replaced a pseudo-BRT system between Canning Bridge and the Elizabeth Quay Busport (previously known as Esplanade) there's still some evidence of it in the form of dedicated bus entry/exits to the Kwinana freeway near both ends.Both Warwick and Whitfords (on the Joondalup line) have the bus concourse directly above the platforms while Kelmscott (on Armadale line) actually has them at grade in the middle of the two platforms.Prior to the Perth City Link project (sinking the Freo line west of Perth station) being completed the through running was actually Fremantle - Armadale with Midland terminating.The freight corridor for the Thornlie - Cockburn link was deliberately kept wider to accommodate the passenger rail expansion.You mentioned capacity issues on the Midland line, hopefully the signal upgrade assists with this because at the moment there won't be capacity between Bayswater and Perth (mostly on the Claisebrook - Perth segment) resulting in some services having to terminate at Bayswater (Ellenbrook line when it gets built) even currently when there's an event on at Optus stadium they have to close Claisebrook and McIver stations to be able to run the extra services. Unfortunately quad tracking this corridor wasn't thought of and so it's going to be difficult to do.Apparently the ultimate plan with the Forrestfield-Airport link is to run it further south and then loop it back into the Armadale line so that'll be interesting to see!
	By the way, to pronounce Joondalup, you say "joon·duh·luhp"
	He's doing my hometown! Woo! I think a lot of Aussies probably don't realise that Perth has really good public transport. Perth did things very differently to the rest of the country as there was no appetite to privatise anything here, so that allows Transperth to coordinate everything and develop long plan goals. The system is also cheap to use. I believe the new airport line will travel through Perth Station and terminate in Claremont - new facilities have just been built there. I live in Subiaco so now two lines will use my station and I shouldn't have to wait for longer than 5 minutes for a train.
	Awesome video! Shame you can’t pronounce Joondalup correctly… Oh well, aboriginal names can be tricky!
	It's a lot warmer in Perth than in Montreal! haha
	We will be cruising to Perth in late December, and will layover in the city for about 4 days, waiting for our uber train to Sydney. I have no idea of where we will be going during those 4 days, but it's nice to know that we can get there on a very modern train network.
	I lived in Perth for about 10 years in the 80s and 90s. Perth's rail compared to Adelaide, where I now live, is right up there. The ongoing snail pace electrification of Adelaide's rail has been a shemozzle, a complete mess.I always thought that extending the Fremantle line to Mandurah would be an option.
	Ah yes, Cockburn Central. A curious station. I wonder what visitors think of it.Edit: I don't know if people are playing along or if they just decide to ignore it
	@RMTransit you should probably talk about the east cambridge transit expension in massachusetts.
	Thanks man, I know you have so many cities in so many countries which you have to cover, but it's always great when you see your country getting covered
	We are very envious of Perth here in Auckland. With Airport rail much more focused development they are certainly worth talking about cheers Reece!
	Pronounced JOON-dah-lup.
	that’s really something. i live in the richmond, va area which is similarly about 2mil-ish (although extremely sprawled) and it feels like nobody here believes that rail is even a possibility for us, but clearly it has been done. i’m wondering wether it’s just cultural/historical differences that preserved and expanded perth’s rail network or if there are some big economic differences to account for as well
	My Dad drives trains for Transperth! It's a good system, at one point I was catching the train and bus to high school. Though when I lived in Ellenbrook the rail line was an election promise many times and never happen. It became a bit of a joke. But the developer does deserve some credit as they designed the suburb with a rail corridor. Which is pretty rare forethought hahaPerth definitely needs a ring line, ideally from the Joondalup line through Ellenbrook, to Midland and then as you suggested southward. (Also I'm sorry but that's not how you pronounce Joondalup. But that's ok )It may have been mentioned before but in the last decade or so they've also developed an extensive bike network that also integrates with the train stations. Though I haven't visited in a few years so I haven't had a chance to try any of these things.
	Perth local - The expansions are really nice and with the ring plans as mentioned by others, not entirely sure how well that will work on the water side but even a half circle would be incredibly useful to take some traffic off the Perth station, it would be nice to see better last mile transit like busses (or trams if were being optimistic) because at the moment commutes tend to be at least half the time just getting to a station (at least on mandurah line). Something else you might know is that theres actually free busses in the cbd and freemantle, called the "CAT" (Central area transit) busses, with 1 line in freemantle and 4 in the cbd with one just recently added. -
	I particularly think it’s quite amazing how the regional passenger train system of Perth, a very isolated city of Australia, has a great system but not Adelaide, which is closer to several other major cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.That said, Adelaide is the only remaining major city to not have a fully electric regional rail system, but Perth, given how isolated it is, has a fully electric regional rail system!
	I’m so glad you covered this system of Perth, Western Australia, Australia!I often used studied the system over the last two years, the first time I ever started studying passenger train systems in Australia! I was quite impressed with the system in Perth, and given the size of the city and how the regional rail system operates, I think it’s quite an amazing system!
	Could you someday make a video about Madrid's metro or rail system?
	Love what they have done, laying track along highway ROW and using industrial lines. Great way to build regional transit for low cost, and gives great connection to car sharing and bus services. Can't wait for the new trackless trams. Either they offer great, granular urban connections, or they lock you into a long term useless technology. Either way, glad their in trial, thanks for taking the risk.
	I'm sure there have been studies on this, but i wonder if having railways right next to a road encourages more use of public transport. Sitting in traffic and seeing a train zoom past, uninterrupted, must be pretty convincing.
	Perth has better weather than Montreal XD
	If you enjoyed this video, you'd probably enjoy my latest explainer on Melbourne here: https://youtu.be/iwiAxppxGaU
	THIS is what most North American light rail systems should have been.
	Just a tip “ Joondalup “ is pronounced incorrectly in your video. The emphasis is on Joon not on dal. Hence you say it like “Joon-d’lup”. Also you might like to know that Perth is about to install the first trackless tram system in the Southern Hemisphere. Running on lithium batteries it draws power thru a magnetic strip under the tarmac of a road and recharged in 30 seconds at each station. It will initially run from Mt hawthorn to Glendalough train station and on to Scarborough beach fully along Scarborough beach road. It is planned to eventually have these trams in multiple routes including in Fremantle to Murdoch university, Perth city to Curtin university and perhaps connecting many areas in an east west direction with transfers to train stations. At roughly $15M Australian per kilometre it is about 10 times cheaper than installing traditional trams or light rail.
	Are you going to cover more railways?
	Relative to population size, Perth's heavy rail network is clearly ahead of Melbourne's, despite it lacking a city loop. Quite embarrassing that there's now going to be 2 smaller cities than Melbourne that are going to have an Airport link earlier.
	It took me longer than I'd like to admit untill I realised that this was about Australian Perth and not Original Perth
	Heh. He new Morley station on the Ellenbrook line is just around the corner from my house.
	The closet big city to Perth isn't Melbourne or Jakarta. It's Adelaide, which in itself is a very isolated city.
	Perth's rail network reminds me a bit of Israel Railways, better is some ways, worse in others. Israel Railways is also somewhat comparable to Go Transit, again better in some ways, worse in others. I have been wondering whether a transit battle between any of these systems might be interesting.
	Looking at the map from when Metronet was first proposed as a complete long term project it includes an extension to the Armadale line, a branch from the proposed Ellenbrook line to Wanneroo, and the creation of two loops north and south of the river. The southern loop being the under construction Thornlie-Cockburn and airport/Forestfield lines + Forestfield-Thornlie & Cockburn-Fremantle. The northern loop being a line connecting the new Ellen brook line (following the proposed Wanneroo branch for a bit) to Balcatta. Edit: In fact within WA Labor campaign material "commence building the circle line" appears on one of the Metronet posters, an incomplete purple circle drawn along the around the city.
	Nice one! I love how Perth has taken a long term approach to transport planning. Things as simple as building the underpass off the Mandurah line north of Cockburn Central to enable the future Thornlie-Cockburn link - 15 years ago. Not to mention the beautiful integration of the Optus stadium with the rail system and active modes. Perth is a shining example of why "$city is too small for transit" or "$city is too sprawly for rail" arguments are nonsense. So many cities can learn from Perth.
	Will you do a video on the B channel soon?
	Thanks from Roger Sexton for an extremely interesting video! My only criticism is that you do not discus the frequency of trains on the OUTER sections of lines.
	If you think Toronto is too hot, you won't like Perth.
	It is always surprising to hear "A small city of two million". I live in a city of roughly 500000 inhabitants and think this is a fairly big city... not huge, but also not a quarter of small...Our Stadtbahn system has 196 stations, a length of 122 kilometres and a pre-pandemic ridership of 172 millions per year. We also have lots of busses, regional rail, intercity rail, highspeed rail and an additional S-Bahn system.
	While stations in the middle of freeways look cool, I was surprised to find it a less than pleasant environment because of the noise of traffic, and fumes. The stations off the freeway are a much better waiting environment. What is cool is travelling on the train at 130 km/hr past cars limited to 110 km/hr, or less because of congestion.
	Mhm maybe for a next video is the Randtstadrail intresting its a lightrail network in Hague/Zoetemeer/Rotterdam its in the NetherlandsSorry for bad English grammar
	Mate you move to Perth and we'll catch the train to Freo and get some beers by the ocean
	Great Video!
	The Perth transport system is one of my favourites. Thanks for showcasing.
	Perth local here. There are long term plans for another link through the northern suburbs halfway between the Ellenbrook & Joondalup (June-Dal-up) lines to East Wanneroo. Once done, an east - west connecting track from Warwick to Morley is being planned to link the three north of the river railways.
	I thought that the B series were manufactured at Walkers in Maryborough, Queensland.
	Great to see more videos discussing Australia’s rail network
	The Fremantle and Midland lines reminded me of light rail in some ways.
	Nice vid tho
	Thanks for an informative and accurate explanation of the Perth Metronet system which is my home city. If I remember correctly many years ago when planing concepts were being considered there was a workimg party that specifically went to Canada to examine the majour city transport systems there to see if they could adapt some of their features here. Vancouver and Montriol were mentioned. The original designer of the Perth modern tail system was later employed to run the Sydney design and I believe now works in Canada.
	I was hoping for a clip of Warwick Station on the Joondalup line when talking about bus routes feeding stations in highway medians, because it has the bus station on the roof of the train station.
	More surfer beach architecture. Don't see too many rim roads on rail networks.
	On the note of the railway guage, that's just one of the many weird intricracies of Australian federationAs you said the 3 older lines were made prior to federation in the 1800s, and in that time, all of the Australian colonies (now the states) used different guagesOne of the major reasons for federation in the first place was the unification of railroad guages, which happened for interstate lines but within the states, never actually caught on, so Perth has been sticking with the older narrow guage because they never changed it back in 1901
	i found a gadgetbahn trackless trams that are being constructed in perth
	Very good, except for your pronunciation of Joondalup lol ;)Next you've got to do Brisbane/Gold Coast, since you've done the other Australian big cities
	Wow that's timing, I suggested a video about Perth's network just yesterday
	By spending money on an efficient rail system they're saving money on constructing/expanding highways.
	Ah, Tim Minchin's home town!
	I'm not sure if plans have changed since the initial pitch a few years ago but my understanding is that they are planning to make one giant ring around the city, or several smaller loops. I know one part will be to connect the Ellenbrook line to the Joondalup line probably through Reid highway and connecting through to either Stirling or Warwick station.
	Please explain Manchester's trams, as they have made the city grow so much finacially and geographically.
	Ok, glad you could pronounce Cockburn correctly but Joondalup needs work :D Great video none the less!
	Hey Reece, I think it'd be cool to do a video ranking the rapid transit systems of Australia similalr to the videos you've done with America and Canada since their are actually a similar amount of sytems to Canada, it'd be interesting to hear your rankings and the pros of cons of each system (In your eyes).
	RMTransit I have good news the MTR East rail line cross harbour section will be open on the 15th of May :D
	I think it'd be rather interesting to see a video or two about the various regional rail services in each Australian state. Victoria's V/line or Queensland's long distance trains certainly have some interesting details about them
	So a fun fact is when Perth electrified their rail network, Auckland bought their old rolling stock and that was what we used until a majority of our network was electrified 10 or so years ago. We still use a few of the diesel rolling stock for a section of the network that is still yet to be electrified. I think the two cities also use the same rail gauge, thus the use of their old trains.
	Do Oslo please! I beg you, they have many new lines and stations planned.
	This was great! So good to see Perth! Coming up is soon is the elevation of most of the Armadale/Thornlie line which shuts next year for 18 months to facilitate construction. Some other missing pieces for Perth are inner city light rail along the historic main streets and an expanded ferry service to bring to life the river network. Joondalup is pronouced Dune-darh-lup btw (say it quickly no spaces :)
	Hey thats my city! Woop woop
	Looking at urban rail across various Australian cities, it’s interesting that dedicated underground/metro lines only appeared recently and that regional trains (thinking Sydney) operate underground and almost metro like, reducing the need for transfers to other transport modes into the downtown core. To the Australians watching this video, would the cities of Perth and Sydney benefit from more underground rail transport or is surface regional rail sufficient enough?
	Wow, didn't expect Perth to be covered tonight, a welcome surprise. I don't catch the train much, but they're alright when I di
	My home city!
	What is your opinion on Elon musks recent tweet?
	Perth is no doubt the most beautiful city in the world. Clean safe, amazing weather, beaches and wineries on the doorstep.
	Perth can be very dry and so the people sometimes too
	People over East always put Perth down but anyone from the Eastern states that ive ever met, they immediately change their mind as soon as they come over here because they fall in love with the place and they end up staying here for good.Plus there is the rest of WA, wich is breathtaking.Im Aussie born and bred, been all over the country and Perth is the best city by far and W.A is the best state.There is no comparison.Adelaide in South Australia would be my second pick before any place over east.I think South Australia is beautiful and highly underrated.Perth is not as windy as people make out, the weather is stunning, it's perfect infact.The bluest skies and world renowned beaches.I know because i'm in Perth right now and it's a constant delight.The beaches in WA are the best, Margaret River and Busselton and the South west coast is something that no where else in Australia can even hold a candle to.I lived in Margaret river and people were renewing their visa's just to come back, they could literally travel anywhere in the whole wide world but they wanted to come back to the south west of Australia.I promise you, Perth is the best city and WA is the best state.Our transport is known worldwide, we have amazing public transport and free transport in the city to see the sights.I could go on and on but take it from someone who's been around this country.PERTH/W.A is definately the winner hand's down!!!Edit: someone mentioned Fremantle, yes, let's not forget wonderful Freo, wich is a town next to Perth and it's truly special.Full of history and the historic markets and the beautiful Esplanade and museums and the list goes on.Plus next to that is Rottnest island with the little quokkas, the only place in the world to see a quokka!This city/state is truly a blessing and we are so lucky to live here.
	You did not mention "Toll Roads" and Gambling Machines in pubs and clubs. With the these, Perth is the only city that has none of these.
	good video! very helpfull; thinking to relocate from the Netherlands to Perth..
	50cent transport fees in Queensland anyone? Also why are people worried about rain? It's part of life and if you are a keen gardener absolutely essential and if it's too warm rain is always a welcome change
	Perth is very pretentious eith no personality and it reflects in the people too

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