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Transwa

Western Australian regional public transport provider

Summary

Western Australian regional public transport provider

Field	Value
image	Transwa logo.svg
owner	Public Transport Authority
locale	Western Australia
transit_type	Coach
Regional rail
annual_ridership	275,044 (year to June 2022)
headquarters	Public Transport Centre
website	www.transwa.wa.gov.au
began_operation
track_gauge	(Australind)
(Prospector, AvonLink, MerredinLink)

Regional rail (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.

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

Rail services

Transwa operate four rail services:

Australind: Perth to Bunbury
AvonLink: Midland to Northam
MerredinLink: East Perth to Merredin
The Prospector: East Perth to Kalgoorlie

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.

There are 16 routes:

GE1: Perth to Esperance via Jerramungup/Dumbleyung
GE2: Perth to Esperance via Kulin/Hyden
GE3: Kalgoorlie to Esperance
GE4: Albany to Hopetoun via Ravensthorpe
GS1: Perth to Albany via Williams/Kojonup
GS2: Perth to Albany/Gnowangerup/Katanning via Northam/Narrogin
GS3: Bunbury to Albany via Walpole
N1: Perth to Geraldton/Kalbarri via Eneabba
N2: Perth to Geraldton via Moora/Kalbarri
N3: Perth to Geraldton via Northam/Mullewa
N4: Geraldton to Meekatharra
N5: Perth to Geraldton via Jurien Bay
SW1: Perth to Augusta/Pemberton via Bunbury
SW2: Perth to Pemberton via Bunbury and Donnybrook
SW3: Perth to Pemberton via Bunbury, Collie, Boyup Brook and Bridgetown
SW4: Bunbury to Boyup Brook via Brunswick and Collie

Fleet

Railcars

Class	Image	Manufacturer	Entered service	Number built	Track gauge (mm)	Top speed (km/h)	Service(s)	Notes
ADP/ADQ	[[File:Transwa Australind passing through Yarloop, October 2020 07 (cropped).jpg	175x175px]]	Comeng	1987	5	1,067narrow gauge	110	Australind	To be replaced by 6 Alstom-built railcars
WDA/WDB/WDC	[[File:Prospector Merredin 2012 (cropped).JPG	175x175px]]	United Goninan	2004	7	1,435standard gauge	160	Prospector
WEA/WEB	[[File:MerredinLink, East Perth, 2015(4).JPG	175x175px]]	2005	2	AvonLink
MerredinLink

Coaches

23 Volvo B11R coaches

Ridership

Service	Ridership	2024-25	2023-24	2022-23	2021–22	2020–21
Road coach	183,783	178,292	168,689	132,944	143,348	149,638
The Prospector	82,601	81,713	77,926	68,497	75,781	69,843
Australind	47,413	63,041	77,810	60,507	62,149	70,973
AvonLink	9,400	8,877	7,480	7,057	6,520	7,542
MerredinLink	8,127	7,696	7,009	6,039	6,351	5,902

References

"Australind Timetable". Public Transport Authority.
"AvonLink and MerredinLink Timetable". Public Transport Authority.
"Prospector Timetable". Public Transport Authority.
[https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2015/06/New-road-coaches-for-regional-passengers.aspx New road coaches for regional passengers] {{Webarchive. link. (29 November 2018 Government of Western Australia 16 June 2015)
[https://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/tickets-times/coach-timetables Coach Timetable Files] {{Webarchive. link. (17 November 2021 Transwa)
"Transwa Coaches".
(2022). "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2021-22".
"Annual Report 2024-2025".
"Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2022-23".

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