The Western Australian Government Railways Commission was formed on 18 December 2000 to take over the non-freight operations of

Westrail Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the state government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra responsi ...

, following the freight operations being sold to Australian Railroad Group, Australian Western Railroad. It was the owner of the non-metropolitan rail network, that was leased to Australian Western Railroad, and responsible for regional passenger services, ''Australind (train), The Australind'', ''AvonLink'' and ''Prospector (train), The Prospector'' as well as regional coach services. It ceased on 30 June 2003 with its functions transferred to the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority.Goodbye WAGR, hello Transwa ''Railway Digest'' July 2003 page 5

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