Metronet (Western Australian government agency)

METRONET
Agency overview
Formed	2017
Jurisdiction	Perth
Headquarters	Perth, Western Australia
Minister responsible	Rita Saffioti, Minister for Transport;
Website	www.metronet.wa.gov.au

Metronet (styled METRONET) is multi-government agency in Western Australia. It is responsible for managing extensions to Perth's transport network. It was formed to deliver commitments made by the McGowan Government during the 2017 election campaign.[1][2][3][4]

Projects

Projects to be managed by Metronet are:

Building the 8.5 kilometre Airport line with stations at Redcliffe, Airport Central and High Wycombe, construction underway, scheduled to open late 2021[5]
Building the 21 kilometre Morley–Ellenbrook line with stations at Morley, Noranda, Malaga, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook, with provision for a future station at Bennett Springs[6]

Extending Armadale line services to Byford[7]
Extending the Joondalup line for 14.5 kilometres with stations at Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep[8]
Relocating Midland station[9]
Extending the Thornlie line for 14.5 kilometres from Thornlie to Cockburn Central on the Mandurah line with stations at Nicholson Road and Ranford Road[10]
Building Lakelands station and Karnup station on the Mandurah line[11]
Building a multi-storey car park at Mandurah station[12]

Rebuild Bayswater station to accommodate the Midland Line, Forrestfield-Airport Link and Morley-Ellenbrook Line connections[13]
Upgrade Claremont station and add train turnback for the Airport line[14]

Removing up to six level crossings on the inner Armadale line and Denny Avenue Level Crossing in Kelmscott[15]
- Hamilton Street, Wharf Street and William Street Cannington
- Mint Street, Oats Street and Welshpool Road Carlisle
- Denny Avenue, Kelmscott
- Caledonian Avenue, Maylands

Introducing 41 six-car C-series trains.[18] In August 2019, it was announced Alstom Transport Australia would be the supplier for the 246 new railcars, each with the capacity to hold 1,200 passengers.[19] The tender mandated the railcars contained 50% locally manufactured content.[19]

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