Perth Western Australia 6000
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The best train line in Perth, by miles. It is reliable, it is cheap, it is beautiful, and takes you from Perth to Mandurah in about one hour. The Mandurah Line departs from William St Underground Station (corner with Murray St) and stops at Esplanade, Canning Bridge, Bull Creek, Murdoch (connections to Murdoch Uni available), Cokburn Central, Kwinana, Wellard, Rockingham, Wambro and Mandurah.
The ride is really pleasant and comfortable, especially beautiful during the day, as you have picturesque views of the Swam River, the hills, lovely green and marine areas, with a comprehensive view of Perth south western suburbs. One of those lines I would recommend tourists and backpackers to take and get a glimpse of what Perth is beyond Perth CBD and Fremantle. Moreover, you can spend half a day at Mandurah and check the little posh mini-riviera, have a drink or a meal there and return the same way.
They have the best possible timetable, with trains leaving Perth or Mandurah every ten minutes even on Sundays. It might sound normal to some foreigners, but for us is like wow, as most bus lines are unreliable on weekends.
Perth Transport System works by zones, the pricing increasing by distance. If you want to go all the way to Mandurah, you pay for a zone-7 ticket. Under the new pricing (effective 1st July 2012), you are looking at 7-9.40$ no concession (cash or multi-rider) or 2.85-3.23$ for concession card holders (ditto). Full-day tickets and family riders cost 11$, and students pay the usual trifle of 50 cents.
Why would anybody want to drive across the city and go through the always painful Kwinana Highway when you have a reliable, fast, clean cheap public transport? Why not taking a half day break to Mandurah to check up one of Perth satellite towns?
