Transwa

Transwa

Transwa

Western Australian regional public transport provider

Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 240 destinations, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south west to Esperance in the south east.

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The Transwa system provides transport to the major regional centres of Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Northam, Geraldton and Albany.

Transwa is part of the Public Transport Authority and was launched on 28 May 2003 replacing the Western Australian Government Railways Commission.

Services

The Prospector near Toodyay in February 2004
Volvo B11R coach in June 2018

Rail services

Transwa operate four rail services:

Road services

In 2003/04, Transwa introduced 21 Volgren bodied Scania K124EB coaches aimed at revitalising the country coach fleet, which travel to many destinations across southern Western Australia including Albany, Augusta, Pemberton, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalbarri and Meekatharra. In 2015, an order was placed for 23 Irizar i6 3700-bodied Volvo B11R coaches to replace the Scanias.[5]

There are 16 routes:[6]

Fleet

Railcars

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Coaches

Ridership

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2021-22" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 2022. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Australind Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. [4]
    "Prospector Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. [5]
    New road coaches for regional passengers Archived 29 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Government of Western Australia 16 June 2015
  5. [6]
    Coach Timetable Files Archived 17 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transwa
  6. [7]
    "Transwa Coaches". Transwa. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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