Transperth Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system serving the city and suburban areas of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation. Train op ...

is the system of public transport serving

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

and

Mandurah Mandurah () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 107,641 as of the 2021 Australian census, 2 ...

, Western Australia, managed by the state government's Public Transport Authority (PTA).

Suburban rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

services are operated by

Transperth Train Operations Transperth Train Operations is a division of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. It is responsible for operating Perth’s urban passenger rail system, as part of the Transperth network. Perth's passenger rail network covers ...

, a division of the PTA. The Transperth rail network consists of 72 railway stations and five lines: the

Armadale and Thornlie lines The Armadale line is a suburban rail service in Western Australia that runs from Perth to Armadale on the South Western Railway. This service is planned to extend to the suburb of Byford over an new railway line constructed as part of the B ...

, the

Fremantle line The Fremantle line is a suburban railway and service in Western Australia that connects the central business district (CBD) of Perth with Fremantle. History The railway on which the service runs opened on 1 March 1881 as the first suburban rai ...

, the

Joondalup line The Joondalup line is a commuter rail service in Western Australia, linking the Perth central business district (CBD) with the metropolitan area's north-western suburbs. The service is operated on the Northern Suburbs Railway by Transperth Tra ...

, the

Mandurah line The Mandurah line is a commuter railway and service on the Transperth network in Western Australia that runs from Perth south to the state's second largest city Mandurah. The service is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the ...

, and the Midland line. The first railway opened in the Perth area was the Eastern Railway, which ran from

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

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. This opened on 1 March 1881, and passed through the centre of Perth. The line was extended via

Midland Junction Midland is a suburb in the Perth metropolitan region, as well as the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. It is situated at the intersection of G ...

to Chidlow, opening on 11 March 1884. The line experienced further extensions and a spur to Mount Helena was opened on 1 July 1896. The South Western Railway, running from Perth to Armadale, opened on 2 May 1893. At the end of 1965, passenger services ceased operating east of Midland. This section of track is today used by the Fremantle and Midland lines, which are

through service A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in form of eithe ...

s with each other. The South Western Railway is now used by the Armadale line. A spur off this line to Thornlie opened on 7 August 2005. Initially served by steam trains, the network began running diesel railcars in 1954. By 5 October 1968, the suburban rail network was operated entirely by diesel railcars. On 2 September 1979, the government of

Charles Court Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was a Western Australian politician, and the 21st Premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Early life Court's family e ...

closed the Perth to Fremantle line to passenger services, with the government's rationale being low ticket sales. Following the election of Brian Burke's Labor government, the line reopened on 23 July 1983. The Joondalup line opened on 20 December 1992. The Mandurah line opened on 23 December 2007. These lines operate as through services with each other.

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Lists of railway stations in Australia Lists of commuter rail stations

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