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  • Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
  • Westrail promotional video for the newly opened Northern Suburbs Railway. "Fastrak" was a short-lived brand name used by Transperth between 1992 and 1995.
    Filmed and produced by Westrail photographer Danny Brennan.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 31

  • @timothyhoskin8705
    @timothyhoskin8705 Рік тому +14

    Absolutely brilliant it’s makes you appreciate how far transperth has come and the network is about to expand even more ❤and transperth is the beating heart of WA 😊

  • @DCI_Mage
    @DCI_Mage 11 місяців тому +8

    “With a fleet of 120 buses in the northern suburbs” we have more than 2k now

    • @nickgodfrey1973
      @nickgodfrey1973 8 місяців тому +1

      There's about 1400 buses in the whole network

  • @Spookieham
    @Spookieham 16 днів тому

    And the Mitchell Freeway is still jammed and full of roadworks. That hasn't changed much

  • @tdb7992
    @tdb7992 5 місяців тому +2

    I remember that old red and white striped fabric that covered the seats. Thanks for uploading this! I grew up south of the river, so I didn't ride this line often. Trains were very much a "north of the river thing" to us.

    • @ML6103
      @ML6103 4 місяці тому

      I grew up south of the river. The Armadale line was nothing short of a warzone a lot of the time....no I'm not joking. Hopefully the new revamped and raised line will help the issues.

  • @willeton
    @willeton 12 днів тому

    I was living there, out at Joondalup, when the it was under construction, and of course the grand opening. Good memories. Sad to see what Perth has become now.

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  12 днів тому +2

      What has it become? The suburban rail network has gone from strength to strength and is currently undergoing the biggest expansion project in its history.

  • @CT-vm4gf
    @CT-vm4gf 10 місяців тому +2

    I remember this line opening, I forgot how short the trains were back then.

  • @perfboi69
    @perfboi69 2 місяці тому +2

    Built in less than 4 years! More like ten years if built now

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  2 місяці тому +3

      What gives you that impression? The Ellenbrook Line began construction in January 2022 and is on track to open in December 2024 and it's only a few kilometres shorter than the Joondalup Line.

  • @carlbentley80
    @carlbentley80 8 місяців тому +2

    The old Multi Riders, I remember them

  • @ACDZ123
    @ACDZ123 Рік тому +1

    Its come a long way since this was made 30 yrs ago

  • @JamesParadiso
    @JamesParadiso 4 місяці тому +1

    Not the most biggest public transport system in the world well damn we come a long way since 30 years ago man

  • @wence25games89
    @wence25games89 Рік тому +2

    How on earth are you finding these old videos?

  • @jamesc21051979
    @jamesc21051979 4 місяці тому +1

    I'd be interested to know if they envisaged the trains going to Yanchep and by what year they thought

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  4 місяці тому +1

      The government has been considering a railway to Yanchep since at least 1901
      www.metronet.wa.gov.au/news/latest-news/category/yanchep-rail-extension/rail-sought-since-1901

  • @JamesParadiso
    @JamesParadiso 4 місяці тому +1

    What is a multi-rider I don't know what it is please explain

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  4 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/IvJJ3H8KcA0/v-deo.html

    • @psychosquirrel555
      @psychosquirrel555 4 місяці тому

      A 10 ride ticket that offered a bulk buy discount. You would purchase it at a newsagents and insert it into a machine on boarding. It would stamp the trip expiry time and punch out one of your ten rides.

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  4 місяці тому +2

      @@psychosquirrel555 there were single, 10 or 40 trip MultiRiders. They also had a magnetic strip and printed each trip on the card but didn't physically punch the card.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiRider

    • @psychosquirrel555
      @psychosquirrel555 4 місяці тому

      The ones I am referring to may have been phased out with the new trains but were definitively in service when I started my first job in June ‘92 :)

    • @psychosquirrel555
      @psychosquirrel555 4 місяці тому

      The ones I am referring to may have been phased out with the new trains but were definitively in service when I started my first job in June ‘92 :)

  • @lyallfurphy
    @lyallfurphy 7 місяців тому

    I miss the big T

  • @h45e
    @h45e Місяць тому

    If you want to go back in time, just visit a train station.

  • @JamesParadiso
    @JamesParadiso 8 місяців тому +1

    Was there Perth underground back then?

    • @MitchellFreeway
      @MitchellFreeway  8 місяців тому +1

      No, most Joondalup Line services continued through to Armadale (and vice versa) via Platform 5 and 6. Additional peak services terminated in a dock platform at the west end of the station (originally Platform 1). Perth Underground was not opened until 2007.

    • @JamesParadiso
      @JamesParadiso 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@MitchellFreewayso you saying that Joondalup line services continue to Armidale well that was probably before my time catching public transport

    • @fotoautomatmusic
      @fotoautomatmusic Місяць тому +1

      @@JamesParadiso yes just like the fremantle to midland line always has, joondalup used to go to armadale. Now it has separate underground since mandurah line was constructed and it goes yanchep to mandurah.

  • @nathanroberts355
    @nathanroberts355 15 днів тому

    Why back late 70.s early 80.s in perth had westrail diesel trains from midland down to Fremantle stn I been on the old diesel trains from mt lawley stn to perth stn to Fremantle stn with my grandmother