Public Transport Authority

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Public Transport Authority
Public Transport Authority
Agency overview
Formed 1 July 2003
Preceding Agencies Western Australian Government Railways Commission
 
Department for Planning and Infrastructure
Jurisdiction Government of Western Australia
Agency Executive Reece Waldock, Chief Executive Officer
Website
www.pta.wa.gov.au

The Public Transport Authority, or PTA, is a Western Australian statutory authority. It controls Transperth and Transwa.

This authority is the most recently constituted body governing public transport in Western Australia. In previous decades the most commonly remembered name of public transport was of the Western Australian Government Railways which had both railway and road transport services - the same as the current PTA.

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[edit] Services

The Public Transport Authority runs many services. They are:

  • Transperth, which is the trading name the public transport in metropolitan Perth
  • Transwa, which is the trading name public transport in regional WA
  • New MetroRail, oversaw the construction of the Southern Suburbs Transit System. NMR closed in December 2007.
  • Bunbury City Transit, which is the trading name of public transport in the City of Bunbury
  • School Bus Services
  • Network and Infrastructure Division, making sure public transport infrastructure is safe.

[edit] SmartRider

The Public Transport Authority and Transperth introduced a smartcard, SmartRider, to replace MultiRiders from January 2007.

[edit] Perth's fuel cell bus trial

The Public Transport Authority is not participating in this trial. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure and Transperth are running the Perth part of this trial.

[edit] Information

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