Talk:Railways in Perth

message: I have just looked through a new release called A History of WAGR Passenger Carriages  written by Andrew May and Bill Grey. As the name says is covers all carriages used by WAGR includes original photos, drawings/diagrams and scaled drawings. It covers purchase and where they were used (including carriage numbers) . Its upto date with sections on AEA & AEB (current metro passenger cars) and the WDA, WDB & WDC the current prospector trains. Gnangarra 13:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New publication 

message: The history section could do with quite a bit of wikilinking to relevant pages. Wongm (talk) 03:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikilinking 

message: At the moment Railways in Perth is just a redirect here, and this article only deals with suburban passenger services. From my limited knowledge you also have the dual gauge goods lines from Midland to Forestfield / Kewsdale, as well as another freight line north to Fremantle, and south back onto one of the passenger lines. Unfortunately I don't know enough to expand it out. 
Railways in Adelaide and TransAdelaide is an example of how to manage the split between it all, if anyone wants to jump in. I have never liked the Railways in Melbourne / Freight railways in Melbourne / Connex Melbourne split, even though I added the middle one.Wongm (talk) 13:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: there are also a number of disused lines. Gnangarra 13:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railways in Perth 

message: The whole thing could do with alot more historical information,
I'm especially interested in knowing what year each track was opened, and that sort of thing. Oxinabox (talk) 01:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: These links have a few useful titbits - I have already gone though the Midland line:  
Wongm (talk) 13:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Useful stuff

message: to do - listen to http://www.6pr.com.au/do-transperth-trains-have-a-luggage-limit/ (After a story a emerged out of Queensland that a man was fined $250 for using Queensland rail to transport his fridge, we decided to check in with Transperth to see exactly what the rules are here in WA for commuters.Listen here to what PTA Spokesman David Hynes had to say)
Thoglette (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luggage 

message: Could anyone be able to complete the railway map (:File:Transperth railway map.svg)? The map is a bit cut off to the south. It does not show Mandurah line completely! --106.68.124.109 (talk) 14:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railway map 

message: Will the new  station be at the same location as the old ? Useddenim (talk) 18:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: According to www.perthstadium.com.au, "the now closed Belmont Park Station will be expanded into a six platform rail station called Stadium Station." So the answer is YES. -FrancDeBx (talk) 20:08, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Armadale/Thornlie railway line]] 

message: According to http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/AboutUs/tabid/38/Default.aspx and http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/AboutUs/OrganisationalStructure/tabid/40/Default.aspx the division is Transperth Train Operations not Transperth Trains. Does someone have reference that says Transperth Trains? Or shall I rename and update the article to Transperth Train Operations? Mitch Ames (talk) 11:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Did anything come of this? It still appears that the article should be renamed to Transperth Train Operations. Steelkamp (talk) 13:33, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have WP:BOLDLY moved the article name. Steelkamp (talk) 05:50, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transperth Train Operations 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I've been doing some edits to improve this article. I think it may make more sense to rename it 'Railways in Perth' or something similar, given its about the system rather than the operator. And the operator doesn't seem to exist as a separate entity from Transperth, for which there is already an article. Nor does 'Transperth Trains' seem to be in common usage. So it would make more sense to have this as an article about the network and then the Transperth article for the operator. This would bring it into alignment with Sydney and Melbourne. However, I'm not from Perth and happy to defer to locals with more knowledge. Gracchus250 (talk) 05:50, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page title 

message: As we all know, with new Airport and Morley–Ellenbrook railway lines coming up, I do think we need to organize the list of stations on Transperth Trains#Stations section.
Especially the Midland Line column, having Redcliffe, Airport Central, and High Wycombe stations under it seem to be inappropriate as these three aren't actually in Midland line. Maybe we could replace the whole table with Template:Transperth railway network diagram to reflect the actual railway lines? – McVahl (talk) 06:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revamp [[Transperth Trains#Stations]] section 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure)   (talk) 09:57, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Transperth Train Operations →  – This would be consistent with other cities in Australia (Railways in Sydney, Railways in Melbourne, Railways in Adelaide) and consistent with Buses in Perth. The current title puts an undue emphasis on the operator of the service, which has only existed since 2003 and is a division of the Public Transport Authority. This article isn't about the operator, it is about railways in Perth. It would make more sense to go with a more general name such as Railways in Perth, to cover the 142 year history of railways in Perth. Steelkamp (talk) 09:41, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

text: *Support: Always thought it was confusing how there were two similarly named articles Transperth and Transperth Train Operations (even though they have different scopes). Agree with the consistency argument, just make sure there's enough information at Transperth to link to here. Fork99 (talk) 10:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: *As a side note: see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian Transport#South East Queensland rail article overlap for a similar proposal. Fork99 (talk) 10:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

text: *:*Another comment: will this article cover freight trains/railways and the interstate standard gauge line in the Perth area? Fork99 (talk) 04:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

text: *:*:I was thinking of doing regional and interstate passenger services on Rail transport in Western Australia, and having a hatnote to that at the top of this article, thereby limiting this page to suburban passenger rail services. Freight transport can be covered at Rail transport in Western Australia as well, and if need be, Freight railways in Perth can be created like Freight railways in Melbourne. Steelkamp (talk) 04:45, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

text: *:*::The way I'm thinking about his is like this: If Perth's passenger rail system had its own name (similar to the London Underground or New York City Metro), then this page would take that name. It doesn't though, and is branded as part of Transperth, which covers more than just the railways. That's why we need to take a generic and descriptive name, which is Railways in Perth, so regional and freight go on other articles. Steelkamp (talk) 04:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

text: *:*:::So this article would be similar to Railways in Adelaide then? Fork99 (talk) 06:08, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

text: Support, I think this is a great idea and well overdue, so thanks for bringing it up. "Transperth Train Operations" is confusing and doesn't really exist outside of wikipedia as a term, it's also more of an operator term when the article should be about the network. I think calling the capital city rail articles "Perth rail network/Melbourne rail network" etc would arguably make more sense, but I think for consistency and given the current naming for the other articles, "Railways in Perth" will work well. Gracchus250 (talk) 23:36, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 July 2023 

message: Re this - is the intended scope of the article all railways, including freight eg Kwinana freight railway, or only passenger railways? If it's only passenger, the article should be named appropriately, and it made clear in the introduction. If it includes freight, then  is probably not correct unless we also have . Mitch Ames (talk) 11:26, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Its intended to cover passenger railways, similar to Railways in Melbourne (which also has Freight railways in Melbourne) and Railways in Adelaide but opposite to Railways in Sydney, which covers both passenger and freight. It's not the best naming scheme, but consistency is the reason for the current name. I think if a move were to be proposed, it should be proposed for all of those three articles. Steelkamp (talk) 11:32, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  categories - passenger vs freight