The 21 km Ellenbrook rail line has been officially opened on December 8, 2024, providing connections for people in Perth’s north east area. The line includes five new stations at Morley, Noranda, Ballajura, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook, and will tie in with the new Bayswater station that opened earlier this year. The state-of-the-art stations will unlock economic development in the local community including commercial and housing opportunities linked to major infrastructure and services.
“A well planned and accessible public transport system is a game-changer for local communities, and the Ellenbrook line will make it easier for thousands of residents to travel to and from the CBD,” the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese said.
The project included the construction of two viaducts and three new tunnel as well as the installation of 65,000 railway sleepers to build the track. Each station has modern facilities with a total of 3,300 parking bays and 335 bicycle storage racks, with trains to operate every 12 minutes at peak times and every 15 minutes outside of this.
The journey from Ellenbrook to the city will take only 30 minutes, less than half the time it currently takes on public transport.
The north-east of the city will also see a significant improvement in bus services to support the new line, with around 100 new buses being brought into service, adding around five million bus service kilometres every year.
A train line to Ellenbrook was first promised in 2008, only for that promise to be broken by the Liberal Party in Government.
At the 2017 election, WA Labor promised to deliver the line and when they came to government, immediately commenced planning.
A contract to construct the new line was awarded in late 2020, with early works beginning immediately, and major construction starting in the second half of 2021.
Ellenbrook has been one of Perth’s fastest growing areas. The annual population growth rate has exceeded six per cent, making it an attractive place to live, work and study for the now 50,000 local residents.
The AUD 1.65 billion (USD 1 billion) Metronet Ellenbrook rail line is delivered by the Western Australia Government with funding support from the Federal Government, the new line will connect tens of thousands of people in Perth’s growing north-eastern suburbs to the rail network for the first time.
Ellenbrook rail line is one of the Metronet projects to expand Perth’s rail network, the biggest programme for rail development.
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