{"id":284112,"date":"2025-11-14T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/284112\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:21:14","slug":"perth-traffic-shut-down-announced-and-commuters-warned-of-delays-before-midland-station-opens-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/284112\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Shut-down announced and commuters warned of delays before Midland station opens in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rita Saffioti insisted Metronet has been worth it, as she announced an opening date for the new <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/perth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Midland<\/a> station that has almost doubled in price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The original budget of $239 million blew out to $417 million, but the Transport Minister says the result is transformational.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done is deliver 72 kilometres of new rail,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe\u2019ve delivered 23 new stations, removed level crossings and, without this type of infrastructure, without this type of investment, it\u2019d be harder to move around our suburbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely worth it and it\u2019s an issue that we\u2019ve taken now to three elections, endorsed each time with overwhelming support from the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e7bc1f22463dc7708aaf8a02569cd3bc7bd3657e.jpg\" alt=\"New Midland Station (artist impression)\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconNew Midland Station (artist impression) Credit: Metronet\/Metronet<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Midland Line will be partially shutdown for 31 days from 22 January, between Bassendean and Midland, for final critical works that include the demolition of the current train station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Morrison Road level crossing will also be closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThere\u2019ll be bus replacement services, as there always is when we have to do these interruptions,\u201d Ms Saffioti said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A community event will be held on Sunday 22 February to officially open the new station, that includes a pedestrian overpass, bike shelters, a new bus interchange and a multi-storey car park with 800 bays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Saffioti said it is the final piece of the Metronet puzzle, that has been her focus for eight years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019m really proud of the work that\u2019s been done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThis has been a project that has employed thousands of people . . . If you look at our train stations, they\u2019re world class.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rita Saffioti insisted Metronet has been worth it, as she announced an opening date for the new Midland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,46,41,39,42,40,16861,45],"class_list":["post-284112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transport","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}