Mandurah line

Mandurah line
A Transperth B-series train on the Mandurah line in the median of the Kwinana Freeway in Como
Overview
Other name(s)	Mandurah Line (official) Southern suburbs railway (during construction)
Owner	Public Transport Authority
Locale	Perth and Mandurah, Western Australia
Termini	Perth (north) Mandurah (south)
Continues from	Yanchep line
Stations	13
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Transperth
Operator(s)	Transperth Train Operations
Depot(s)	Mandurah Nowergup (Yanchep line)
Rolling stock	Transperth A-series trains (weekdays and stadium events) Transperth B-series trains Transperth C-series trains
Ridership	17,669,846 (year to June 2023)
History
Opened	23 December 2007 (2007-12-23)
Technical
Line length	70.1 km (43.6 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	At-grade and underground
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead catenary
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)
Signalling	Fixed block signalling
Train protection system	Automatic train protection
Route map Legend Yanchep line Perth 0.0 Perth Underground 0.6 Elizabeth Quay Swan River 7.2 Canning Bridge Canning River 11.7 Bull Creek 13.9 Murdoch Thornlie line 20.5 Cockburn Central 23.8 Aubin Grove 32.9 Kwinana 37.1 Wellard 43.2 Rockingham 47.5 Warnbro Karnup (planned) 64.5 Lakelands Mandurah depot 70.8 Mandurah v t e

The Mandurah line is a commuter railway and service on the Transperth network in Western Australia that runs from Perth south to the state's second largest city Mandurah. The service is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the Public Transport Authority. The line is 70.1 kilometres (43.6 mi) long and has 12 stations. At its northern end, the line (travelling south) begins as a continuation of the Yanchep line at Perth Underground, and (travelling north) ends as a continuation of the Yanchep line at Elizabeth Quay. The first 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of the line is underground, passing under the Perth central business district. The line surfaces and enters the median of the Kwinana Freeway just north of the Swan River. It continues south down the freeway's median for 30 kilometres (19 mi), before veering south-west towards Rockingham. The final stretch of the line goes south from Rockingham to Mandurah.

Planning for a railway line to Mandurah began in the early 1990s, during the construction of the Joondalup line (now the Yanchep line). The first route proposed was an extension of the Fremantle line to Mandurah passing directly through the Rockingham town centre. The preferred route was later changed to a spur off the Armadale line at Kenwick via Thornlie for reasons of cost. Following a change in state government in 2001, the route was changed again, this time to a direct route along the Kwinana Freeway south of Perth with Rockingham station relocated to align with the more direct route. Construction began in March 2004. The underground portion of the line, between Perth and Esplanade station, was the first section to open. It began operating on 15 October 2007. The rest of the line opened on 23 December 2007. Two new stations have since been opened in 2017 and 2023, with a third station currently in planning. The line will be connected to the Armadale line via Cockburn Central and the Thornlie line.

Trains take 51 minutes to get from Perth Underground to Mandurah station. The line is the busiest on the Transperth network, with 17,669,846 boardings in the 2022–23 financial year. Headways are at least every 15 minutes during the day, rising to every 5 minutes on parts during peak time.