Transport in Perth

 

People always ask me, how do I like Australia, I thought I shall start with things that i did not like before I say anything good about this place.

The country is a continent as well, and hence its immensely vast and dispersed.

Perth, has kept the spirit.  It makes you realize how difficult it can be to live in Australia when you do not submit to the Australian ways.

What is the Australian way?  Watch this space, soon you will find a lot about the Australian ways posted here.

This part that I post today is about the transport system in Perth.

The city is spread vast, with very limited public transport. 

You should refer this website http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/ as frequently as possible, in your initial days of living in Perth, to avoid unexpected delays while you commute.

Parts of Beckenham or Jundaloop or any of the other suburbs in Perth has places to which the nearest public transport would be 2 to 3 kms away and the bus or the train runs, once in an hour, even on week days.

The good thing that you could say about the transport system in Perth is that buses within the city (Red and Yellow cat buses) are free. 

The red and the yellow cat runs with a radius of 3 to 4 kms from the Perth central station, more commonly known as the Perth Underground station are completely free, no matter what time of the day you get on it.

The trains during busy hours (morning 7:00 A.M to 9:00 A.M. and evening 4:30 P.M to 6:30 P.M.) are quite frequent. 

As you move out of the busy hours, there could be an hour’s difference between two trains. 

However not all is bad about the trains in Perth.

Outside the busy hours there are few good things as well. 

The last train on weekends is free. 

You can get on the train with a bicycle, more commonly known as a push bike in Australia, when its outside the busy hours.

Taxi is a rich mans fancy, in Perth and for Indian's like me it never comes to mind. The only time I have used a taxi is while i was shifting my luggage from one house to another or from airport to a house. 

Practically every one who intends to stay in Perth has to have a vehicle or live within 3 kms from the Perth Underground station, because other wise you will land up complaining much more than me. 

I have bought a push bike, you would complain even more, if you don't buy one.

The city has a river, the Swan River, dividing it into two. The water ferry is very relaxing and the view from the ferry keeps you occupied for the 15 mins that it takes to cross the river. This is one other member to the diverse but infrequent transport system of the city.

That is all about public transport in Perth. It has it all, but too few in number and the city is too little connected.