page_title: Manjimup, Western Australia
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Manjimup, Western Australia / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: State Saw Mills G Class Locomotive No2 named 'The Hewer' hauling a timber train in the Manjimup and Pemberton areas, Western Australia. G Class SSM 2 was purchased from Beyer Peacock in 1911 by the South West Timber Hewer's Co-Operative Society and entered service in Collie at the Lucknow Mill and later at the Holyoake Mill before being taken over by the State Saw Mills where it was transfered to Dean Mill. SSM 2 worked between Dean Mill and the Pemberton State Saw Mills and ended its service at Dean Mill in February 1967.
context_page_description: Manjimup is a town in Western Australia, 307 kilometres south of the state capital, Perth. The town of Manjimup is a regional centre for the largest shire in the South West region of Western Australia. At the 2016 census, Manjimup had a population of 4,349.
context_section_description: The railway from Bridgetown was extended to Wilgarup in 1909, and the railway line opened in 1911. As the line's terminus was near the Manjimup homestead, the station was named Manjimup. Aside from passengers, trains were used to transport timber to and from the sawmills in the area. The rail yards closed in 1997 and were redeveloped into Manji Park tourism precinct in 2003.
  Cars are the primary method of transport in Manjimup - according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2006 census, 91% of  people commuting to work were drivers or passengers in cars. The next most popular method of transport was walking, at 4.5%. The Manjimup Volunteer and Resource Centre runs a community bus service, primarily for youth, seniors, and people with disabilities and the Public Transport Authority contracts school bus services to Warren Bus Service.
  Public transport between Perth and Manjimup consists of Transwa bus services 315 (Sunday) and 321 (Monday and Wednesday) from Perth to Pemberton via Bunbury, and 322 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from Pemberton to Perth, also via Bunbury. Travellers can also take the daily Australind train for the Perth to Bunbury portion of the journey. South West Coach Lines travels between Perth and Manjimup on weekdays.
caption: A timber train in the 1940s
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