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Another C-series train has rolled into passenger service on the Mandurah and Yanchep lines as part of the METRONET WA Railcar Program.
Three peas in a pod! And that can be said for the three C-series trains now operating on Perth’s rail network as part of the WA Railcar Program.
On Sunday, 7 April METRONET and the people of Perth celebrated the first C-series train to hit the tracks. Over 10,000 Perth residents entered to win a seat on the first train and over 150 lucky people won a ticket to be part of WA rail history!
The first C-series train is ready for passengers, marking a significant milestone for the METRONET WA Railcar Program. The train is the first of 41 that will join Perth’s rail network.
Two years ago we brought back local railcar manufacturing to Western Australia through the METRONET WA Railcar Program and now the first fully completed, locally manufactured C-series train is ready for testing on the network.
The METRONET WA Railcar Program family has grown with three new apprentices joining the team following completion of the ALSTOM Aboriginal 10-week pre-employment program earlier this year.
The first six-car C-series train has begun initial testing along the Joondalup Line as part of the METRONET WA Railcar Program.
Travelling on one of the new METRONET C-series railcars when they’re zipping across Perth’s rail network in the near future will be pretty cool, but being able to say you were involved in building them is even cooler.
The first full six-car C-series train built in Western Australia has completed high voltage testing and will move out of Bellevue in the next month for extensive dynamic testing.
The first of 246 new C-series railcars has rolled off the assembly line and is now undergoing initial testing at the newly completed High Voltage Testing and Commissioning Facility.
Robinson Road level crossing in Bellevue is set to close to make way for the Bellevue Railcar Depot.
In 1994, Wet Wet Wet’s Love Is All Around was the number one single in Australia, the West Coast Eagles won their second AFL Premiership, and Paul Keating was Australia’s Prime Minister.
Thanks again to everyone who came and visited us at Yagan Square over the school holidays!
Want to be among the first to see the new C-series? Get down to Yagan Square these April school holidays to get up close with the new METRONET railcar.
More local businesses are joining the ranks of those to benefit from the opportunities created by METRONET projects.
The first stage of the METRONET Trade Training Centre at North Metropolitan TAFE’s Midland campus is complete.
For further information on train and bus services, head to the Transperth website.