Armadale, Thornlie lines to close

as posted here

* Chalpat Sonti
* January 12, 2009 - 9:12AM

Commuters travelling on the Armadale and Thornlie rail lines will not be able to take the train in the evenings as the Public Transport Authority replaces sleepers that slow down services.

It follows a weekend of disruption on the lines as the PTA carried out infrastructure work. No trains ran after about 7.30pm Friday until this morning when normal daytime runs resumed.

The PTA is replacing wooden sleepers on the line with concrete ones. The wooden sleepers cause trains to slow down by about 10kmh when temperatures exceed 35 degrees.

Once the work is completed, the only wooden sleepers left will be on the Midland line.

Maintenance work will also be carried out while the lines are closed. Until January 21, there will be no trains between Armadale and Cannington and Thornlie and Perth after about 6.45pm. Trains will still run between Perth and Cannington, but from there on passengers will have to catch buses.

The following day there will be no services on the lines at all after about 6.45pm, but timetabled runs are scheduled to resume on January 23.


as posted here