Metro Area Express (Perth)
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Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail network planned for Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Construction of the first stage of the MAX network is scheduled to begin in 2016, and to be completed by the end of 2018.[1]
The first stage of the MAX network will be a line running from the Polytechnic West campus in Balga, in Perth's northern suburbs, to the Perth CBD, with spur lines from the CBD to the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre in Nedlands and the Causeway in East Perth.[1]
Background
Since the start of 2007, there have been four proposals for the reintroduction of trams to the Perth metropolitan area, in the form of light rail.[2] At least two of the proposals have been the subject of a detailed feasibility study.[3] [4]
On 2 September 2012, the WA Minister for Transport, Troy Buswell, announced that construction would begin in 2016 on a new Perth network, to be known as Metropolitan Area Express (MAX).[1]
See also
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References
Notes
- ^ a b c Trenwith, Courtney (2 September 2012). "A 'bold' light rail system to 'transform' Perth". watoday. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
{{cite news}}: External link in|newspaper= - ^ Ryan, Diana (17 January 2011). "Light rail decisions needed now". The West Australian. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Department for Planning and Infrastructure (2007). "Perth Light Rail Study". Planning Western Australia website. Department of Planning, Western Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia (February 2010). "Stirling tram feasibility study – Preliminary patronage estimates" (PDF). Stirling City Centre Alliance website. City of Stirling, Western Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
Further reading
- Brimson, Samuel (1983). The Tramways of Australia. Dreamweaver Books. ISBN 0-949825-01-8.
- Campbell, Bob (1999). Getting there by Tram in Western Australia. Mt Lawley, WA: Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc. ISBN 646-38447-3.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - Culpeffer-Cooke, Tony; Gunzburg, Adrian; Pleydell, Ian (2010). Tracks by the Swan: The Electric Tram and Trolleybus Era of Perth, Western Australia. Mt Lawley, WA: Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc. ISBN 978-0-9807577-0-5.
- Jones, Colin (1993). Watch for Trams. Kenthurst, N.S.W: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0-86417-544-2.
External links
- MAX – official site
- Perth Light Rail – a coalition lobbying for the introduction of light rail to Perth
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