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Me too. They must already have enough drivers lined up for the transperth connection at Whiteman station. Or theyre just slack at replies.

I applied to volunteer to drive one of these, I haven't heard back in a few weeks unfortunately.

Can’t wait to see more of these trams in action 👏🏻

i enjoy this series. where are those steel sleepers at 0:48 from?

Great video! It's really interesting to know that a small portion of the old lord street branch is going to be left over

Excellent images and information. Thank you!

Can't wait for this new line to open. Will have to take a ride to get my bearings about where the stations are. I'll be glad when the Armadale line reopens so I can just catch the train again instead of sitting in traffic. Yeah I know there are buses but I prefer the train.

I've been going to the Friday workshop nights and I must say it's a lot of fun! You meet some interesting people and it's really neat learning how these 100 year old trams work

if it does happen, then for heavens sake take care with the rolling stock & construction contracts to ensure proper track laying, no chassis cracks in the trams and don't keep changing the specs.

Extending Yanchep Line to Two Rocks is much more straightforward than building the light rail

1:44 "four and a half thousand" meanwhile: 4,5000

It be good have trams in perth city and in city of Fremantle Australia

Nice vid, I didn’t know this

I would love to visit. Hoping to come over to the west in 2025, pending my poor health.

why not just build a single track extention of the metronet to two rocks?

This route wouldn't even be in the top 20 if light rail or trams were considered for a transit route in Perth. Yanchep/Two Rocks is decades from needing any mid-tier transit. Core metro movement patterns should be addressed first. Things like the Fremantle to Airport corridor which has 3 highways choking with traffic (circa 150,000 vpd across the three corridors) and not one decent transit option along any of it yet. A light rail along Leach Highway or Canning Highway between Freo and the Airport would do wonders for promoting density in well located areas, connect people to key metro destinations and allows for high levels of transit integration across existing lines. The ability to use existing road reservations to achieve these links only further enhances such an idea.

When does the tramway start up again?

forget about light rail for yanchep. buses far more effective. if you're doing any light rail then you need to look at travelling large numbers of people over a distance. For example Perth Stadium to Perth. Curtin Uni to Fremantle... Perth to Gnangara... Perth to Kings park and UWA/hospital... Perth to Airport... (sorry too late its got heavy rail). Also, look at utilising heavy rail for trams in areas of heavy road traffic and insufficient space. But locations like Rockingham Yanchep have no chance. Even Scarborough is unlikely.

The problem with Rockingham light rail is that you then have other key areas of Rockingham neglected. Is it better to just have buses servicing Rockingham? I think so. Light rail only becomes attractive if it can utilise existing heavy rail tracks to move further distances from Rockingham quickly avoiding congestion. Otherwise, surely buses are preferable. Investment would be better placed tunnelling to redirect heavy rail into Rockingham central than heavy investment into light rail. Makes no sense.

Trams or light rail only make sense as feeders to the side, just keep extending the main line in the direction is is going as the population grows.

Why is a Melbourne tram in Perth

What a fun ride that must be!

My special needs son really likes antique streetcars 🚊like that one he thinks they are highly underrated forms of public transportation and all should be preserved, restored, and put back into service carrying passengers in city streets just like they use to.

is this going to be double track

Tokyu did a planning exercise in the late 90s for full heavy rail to Two Rocks and this is what should go ahead. Waste of time having a separate tramway - slower and need to change vehicles and require its own depot. All pretty dumb. Keep heading onwards to Guilderton and Lancelin. I realise this is a tram-fan page so this will go on deaf ears.

Nice video, likes from me!

It might be a good idea to have sound recording turned off when trudging along. It's a weird distraction.

Me too 🙏

Thank you for the video. I moved to Nilgen 2 years ago. Yanchep is changing a lot. I just hope they extend this train to two rocks. It will be very convenient for me 😌.

I think the masts were recycled from the bayswater station project and the ballast materials will be used on this new extension. Get prepared for the tram to be absolutely swamped on day one of the Ellenbrook Line running! Will you be putting extra tram services on to cope with the added demand?

I’m excited to ride the tram from the station to the village, I actually can’t wait to do that!

Why do we need to do this horrendous urban sprawl? We should be encouraging people to move to like Albany or Bunbury to create a second city for the state.

Stealing our trams 🚊 are we!!

Was not aware that Perth had trams some time ago

I’m really looking forward to catching that tram from whiteman park train station!

I was the conductor on this day, Very Cool

BUILD A SINGLE LINE TRACK SO THE CURRENT ELECTRIC TRAINS COULD OPERATE TO TWO ROCKS, AND LATER WHEN THEY EXTEND THE RAIL SERVICE NORTH THEY JUST HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE TRACK, THEN BUILD SINGLE LINE TRACK FURTHER NORTH SLOWLY IN INCREMENTS UNTIL A DOUBLE HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE CONNECTS PERTH AND GERALDTON ALONG THE COAST

Why do people keep mentioning busways? If you're going to build dedicated infrastructure, just build a tram system. No more silly gadget bahns

About 10 years ago I saw a master plan for Yanchep/Two Rocks at the Wanneroo Public Library that had a light-rail corridor included.

Idea for next video, show the progress made on the extension!

The route was stupid and would not have relieved congestion even slightly. The Balga terminus stopped short of two large high schools - poor thinking there.

Interesting video. Given the low population of Yanchep and more so, Two Rocks, it's a miracle the line has been built for starters (thankfully though). WA has shown itself to be quite proactive in transit networks, more so than any other state I feel - so the extensions currently being built and proposed are in line with overall government plans to keep ahead of eventual requirements (given massive subdivision construction across all outer areas especially). I agree with your thoughts on the link to Two Rocks being an extension of the Yanchep railway rather than any other transit mode - with integrated bus stations at all new railway stations. This system has worked well on the main stations between Mandurah and Butler thus far, and as a successful tried and tested option would pretty much be a good guess as to what the plan will be. My idea for light rail (over trackless tram or busway) could be useful on the proposed links from Ellenbrook to new areas terminating at Wanneroo. I've seen the proposed routes and it would make sense for that to be light rail. The proposals for trackless trams if adopted (and I've heard recently that the decision has been approved but not to Scarborough - rather from Canning Bridge to Curtin Uni and to Cannington) would work in their own reserves on the seven routes originally proposed - all connectors from trains. As much as I prefer rail and light rail, the decade at least that it would take to build the seven routes is just too long .. over the few months all up to have the network up and running using the vehicle I rode on at the City of Stirling exhibition days in 2023. I thought I'd be anti-trackless tram, but riding that one at Stirling changed my mind. I'm looking forward to riding the tram connection from Whiteman Park station soon - once this is up and running, I'll never drive to Whiteman Park again! Keep up the good work at PETS. 👍

1:43 "4,500", not "4,5000"

They should still be opening and closing in Victoria Square instead of in a museum. A tram ride to Glenelg used to be special enough to attract tourists from all over the world as well as being a much loved icon by the locals who used it. Sitting by an open window on a summer's day and paying your fare to a roving conductor added to the unique sound and ride of the tram. They were as iconic as Balfours jubilee cake and Woodies lemonade in those glass bottles and screw tops. Progress leaves behind so many good things.