Perth city rail 'metro' assessment: mass rapid transit for Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million and Beyond
Perth’s urban metro rail system has been mostly developed on available rail and freeway reservations. It comprises a coastal north/south rapid transit railway and three suburban lines to the centres of Midland, Fremantle and Armadale. All lines interconnect at the major station in Perth. A network serving a metropolitan population of 3.5 million will require additional routes (with probable priority in the north-east quadrant) and, obviously, more train services. Such new routes will have to be mainly located within fully urbanised areas. Securing these rights-of-way will be challenging, requiring a high level of detailed planning and investigation, and substantial investment. It is predicted however that there will be continuing pressures arising from population growth, increasing road congestion and carbon pollution-reduction commitments to provide comprehensive and efficient public transport which can compete with the private car. That means rapid transit wherever feasible. The impact on rail infrastructure in Perth City will be twofold, namely: 1. A need for expanded facilities to receive, platform and depart more trains; and 2. A need to better distribute and collect passengers in a more densely populated city.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Updated August 2016
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Corporate Authors:
Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Perth, Western Australia -
Authors:
- Hoare, J
- Publication Date: 2016-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 3p
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Serial:
- Issue Number: 7
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Planning; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
- Geographic Terms: Australia; Perth (Australia)
- ATRI Terms: Public transport; Rail transport; Rapid transit; Transport planning; Urban transport
- ITRD Terms: 744: Public transport; 1063: Railway network; 1181: Rapid transit system
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01610739
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 19 2016 3:07PM