Metronet (Western Australian government agency)

Projects

New railway lines

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

  Railway line extensions

• Extending Armadale line services to Byford
• Extending the Joondalup line for 14.5 kilometres with stations at Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep
• Extending Midland line services to Bellevue and relocating Midland station
• 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
• Building Lakelands station and Karnup station on the Mandurah line
• Building a multi-storey car park at Mandurah station

  Station upgrades

• Rebuild Bayswater station to increase height of bridge and add more platforms
• Upgrade Claremont station and add train turnback for the Airport line

  Level crossing replacements

• Replacing level crossings with grade separations at:
• *Wharf Street, Cannington
• *Oats Street, Carlisle
• *Denny Avenue, Kelmscott
• *Caledonian Avenue, Maylands

  Signalling

• Introducing high capacity signalling

  Rolling stock

• Introducing 41 six-car C-series trains. 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. The tender mandated the railcars contained 50% locally manufactured content.