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The Transperth C-Series being built in the Bellevue facility.

Labor goes back to the future to replace ‘uncomfortable’ C-Series train seats

The Cook government will replace the drivers’ seats across its entire C-Series train fleet after feedback via a union survey.

  • Hamish Hastie

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WA Premier Roger Cook, Metronet, light rail, public transport Perth, Western Australia. Picture: WAtoday

It’s got Commonwealth backing, but will Labor fully realise its Metronet vision?

The Metronet circle line is officially a Commonwealth priority after appearing on the 2026 Infrastructure Australia priority projects list on Wednesday.

  • Hamish Hastie
Technical issues forced the cancellation of trains between Bassendean and Midland... a day after the brand new Midland station opened.

Midland trains cancelled on first weekday after new station opens

Trains were cancelled for about 40 minutes during peak hour on Monday morning, causing confusion at the new station and forcing hundreds of passengers onto rail replacement buses.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Metronet, light rail, public transport Perth, Western Australia. Picture: WAtoday

Could light rail fill the gaps in Metronet’s ‘circle line’?

WA Premier Roger Cook’s comments at a Property Council of WA lunch on Friday when he was asked about the next evolution of Labor’s Metronet public transport network.

  • Hamish Hastie
An artist impression of the Matilda Bay ferry terminal.

Protester told to leave as tensions boil over in Metronet on Swan meeting

The commission board met to decide the future of both the Applecross and Matilda Bay ferry stops, which are both subject to significant community opposition.

  • Hamish Hastie
The view from the existing Transperth ferry route.

Perth’s Causeway bridge may need to be ‘thinned’ for Metronet on Swan to head east

Transport Rita Saffioti revealed at an estimates hearing on Tuesday the bridge was too low to allow the current design of ferries through at high tide.

  • Hamish Hastie
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A C-Series train at Alstom’s Bellevue facility.

Faulty wiper, communications system forces Perth passengers off C-Series train

Passengers on Wednesday were told to get off their service entering the Perth underground and catch the next train because the train could no longer continue service.

  • Hamish Hastie
The Labor leaders disembark a Metronet train on the new line.

‘Over budget’ Thornlie-Cockburn link opens, free travel for Armadale line continues

Labor also reiterated its plan to expand Metronet with more Swan River ferry stops.

The shopfronts at Bayswater Station have been empty since its opening more than a year ago.

Metronet offers two years free rent carrot to get businesses under the tracks

Metronet is offering two years of free rent to lure small businesses into nine train stations across the city.

  • Hamish Hastie
The Armadale line elevation project.

Metronet ‘circle line’ could rise from ashes if Labor wins another term

Labor’s original vision for Metronet included north and south circle routes, but that has not yet come to fruition.

  • Hamish Hastie