Public Transport Authority (Western Australia)
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 July 2003 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Western Australia |
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| Parent agency | Department of Transport |
| Website | www.pta.wa.gov.au |
The Public Transport Authority, or PTA, is a Western Australian statutory authority. It operates public transport in Western Australia. 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.
Services
The Public Transport Authority runs many services. They are:
- Transperth, which is the trading name of the public transport system in metropolitan Perth.
- Transwa, which is the trading name of the public transport system between towns in regional WA.
- New MetroRail, oversaw the construction of the Southern Suburbs Transit System. NMR closed in December 2007.
- TransAlbany, Albany bus services.
- TransBunbury, Bunbury bus services.
- School Bus Services, providing school buses to children in rural and remote areas.
- TransBusselton, Busselton and Dunsborough.
- TransGeraldton, Geraldton bus services
- TransGoldfields, Kalgoorlie-Boulder bus services
- Bus services in Port Hedland
- Network and Infrastructure Division, making sure public transport infrastructure is safe.
SmartRider
The Public Transport Authority and Transperth introduced a smartcard, SmartRider, to replace MultiRiders from January 2007. This can be used on Transperth, TransAlbany, TransBunbury, TransBusselton, TransGeraldton and TransGoldfields services.
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.