Transwa

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Transwa
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Overview
Owner Public Transport Authority
Locale Western Australia
Transit typeCoach
Regional rail
Annual ridership275,044 (year to June 2022) [1]
Headquarters Public Transport Centre
Website www.transwa.wa.gov.au
Operation
Began operation28 May 2003 (2003-05-28)
Technical
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Australind)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Prospector, AvonLink, MerredinLink)

Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 240 destinations, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south west to Esperance in the south east.

Contents

The Transwa system provides transport between Perth and the major regional towns of Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Northam, Geraldton and Albany.

Transwa is a part of the Public Transport Authority and was launched on 28 May 2003, replacing the former Western Australian Government Railways Commission.

Services

The Prospector near Toodyay in February 2004 Prospector new railcar, Toodyay.jpg
The Prospector near Toodyay in February 2004
Volvo B11R coach in June 2018 Transwa B11R.jpg
Volvo B11R coach in June 2018

Rail services

Transwa operate four rail services:

Coach services

In 2003/04, Transwa introduced 21 Volgren bodied Scania K124EB coaches aimed at revitalising the country coach fleet, which travel to many destinations across southern Western Australia including Albany, Augusta, Pemberton, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalbarri and Meekatharra. In 2015, an order was placed for 23 Irizar i6 3700-bodied Volvo B11R coaches to replace the Scanias. [5]

There are 16 routes: [6]

Fleet

Railcars

ClassImageManufacturerEntered serviceNumber builtTrack gauge (mm)Top speed (km/h)Service(s)Notes
ADP/ADQ Transwa Australind passing through Yarloop, October 2020 07 (cropped).jpg Comeng 198751,067
narrow gauge 		110 Australind To be replaced by 6 Alstom-built railcars
WDA/WDB/WDC Prospector Merredin 2012 (cropped).JPG United Goninan 200471,435
standard gauge 		160 Prospector
WEA/WEB MerredinLink, East Perth, 2015(4).JPG 20052 AvonLink
MerredinLink

Coaches

Ridership

ServiceRidership [1]
2022-23 [8] 2021–222020–212019–20
Road coach168,689132,944143,348149,638
The Prospector77,92668,49775,78169,843
Australind77,81060,50762,14970,973
AvonLink7,4807,0576,5207,542
MerredinLink7,0096,0396,3515,902

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2021-22" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 2022. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Australind Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Prospector Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ↑ New road coaches for regional passengers Archived 29 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Government of Western Australia 16 June 2015
  5. ↑ Coach Timetable Files Archived 17 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transwa
  6. ↑ "Transwa Coaches". Transwa. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2022-23" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
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