After investigating more than 100 options to connect Ellenbrook to the city by public transport, the team conducted a multi-criteria analysis which considered impacts to residents, businesses, the industrial area, the road network, the environment, passenger experience, the inflexibility of train movements, topography of the land, underground services, major drainage, and of course cost, to reach the current design. The design will see the Morley-Ellenbrook Line leave Bayswater Station, rise over the existing Midland Line tracks, Railway Parade and Clavering Road, before going into the Tonkin Highway median to continue its journey north to Ellenbrook.
The elevated line will sit on a slim-line concrete viaduct for approximately 750m, with noise and vibration mitigation measures built into the structure.