{"id":800823,"date":"2026-07-15T01:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/800823\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:11:09","slug":"commuter-chaos-as-incident-shuts-down-armadale-train-line-effective-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/800823\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuter chaos as incident shuts down Armadale train line \u2018effective immediately\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Commuter chaos has broken out in Perth\u2019s south-east after an incident on the Armadale train line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth Transport Authority issued an alert just before 6.30am warning of the line\u2019s cancellation \u201ceffective immediately\u201d after a shopping trolley was left on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cTrains on the Armadale Line are cancelled between Cannington and Armadale due to an incident,\u201d a PTA spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe incident was due to a shopping trolley left on the tracks near Fremantle Road in Gosnells on the Armadale Line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cCrews have since removed the trolley with services set to resume shortly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cDelays are expected as services will not be running to their regular timetable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe thank you for your patience as we work to restore services as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Train replacement buses are running between Cannington and Armadale, with travellers told to allow extra time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Commuters are encouraged to check bus routes and the PTA journey planner for alternative ways to travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commuter chaos has broken out in Perth\u2019s south-east after an incident on the Armadale train line. Perth Transport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,1191,45],"class_list":["post-800823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800823","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=800823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}