PER T1 and T2: walk from airport terminal to train station

[AustraliaPoochie]

Oops, (meant to put in PER airport in title)...
Just decided to have a look at the various Youtube channels about the system to get from the terminal to the train station, at PER int airport terminal, ...
Thought that the walk would be a short quick one, going under ground as soon as we got out of the airport terminal gates, downstairs on the ground floor.
Looks like the walk is even further than getting from BNE int and BNE dom airport to the airport train station!
Granted the fare is a normal 2 zone fare, without a gate fee, but still, streuth, thats far a walk.
Might do a visit to PER again end of this year or next, will try the PER airport train.
Haven't tested the ride before, always got the bus, last time I was in PER was pre covid.

 

[yojohnny]

Perth is incredibly backwards so that they did such a terrible job is exactly as expected.

 

[moa999]

Better than to the Qantas (T3/T4) terminals where it's a bus transfer or a very long walk.

Ultimately (prob 5+ yrs) the circle will be complete around the station.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

+ is that its cheap to get to Perth city.
- is the walk, would not be good if have to drag bags, or push trolley.
And the train is just a normal run of the mill service.
Probably would be full at peak times, by the time the train gets from High Wycombe to Airport Central.

 

[dajop]

On the plus side, there's this walk to the nearest station at another major Australian airport

 

[FishFood]

Definitely a longer walk from the station to the terminal than Sydney or Brisbane, but there are travelators and lifts so it should be manageable with luggage. Anecdotally I don't think the trains on that line have been too busy, especially compared with the most popular line, the Mandurah line.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

On the plus side, there's this walk to the nearest station at another major Australian airport

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The map might show it can be done, seemingly, but some of it has to be done on grass or very close to the verge of the road.
From Google maps, the walkway only "seems" to lead to the millions of spots car park around the overpass.
Not that I have done the walk, I only take the 901 up to Coolaroo, or get off at Broady, and then the train to city.
Guess getting the PER airport train might be worth it for the first go, novelty factor for once.
Have used the SYD T1/T2 & T3 airport train many times, if I have a late arr flight.
Now stay at the Rydges tho, or the Ibis Budget.
Pity no hotels next to, close to PER airport as yet, like the ALL brand at BNE.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Definitely a longer walk from the station to the terminal than Sydney or Brisbane, but there are travelators and lifts so it should be manageable with luggage. Anecdotally I don't think the trains on that line have been too busy, especially compared with the most popular line, the Mandurah line.

Heh, re: the Mandurah line, ooo, I have done that line, very long.

 

[jukebox333]

The map might show it can be done, seemingly, but some of it has to be done on grass or very close to the verge of the road.
From Google maps, the walkway only "seems" to lead to the millions of spots car park around the overpass.
Not that I have done the walk, I only take the 901 up to Coolaroo, or get off at Broady, and then the train to city.
Guess getting the PER airport train might be worth it for the first go, novelty factor for once.
Have used the SYD T1/T2 & T3 airport train many times, if I have a late arr flight.
Now stay at the Rydges tho, or the Ibis Budget.
Pity no hotels next to, close to PER airport as yet, like the ALL brand at BNE.

Tsk. What is the Marracoonda? Chopped liver?

Wait.

Don't answer that...

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

If you mean the Sanno hotel, 159 on TripAdvisor found it "terrible" but 655 people found it "excellent".
10mins walk to nearest servo, 20mins return if walking.
Granted, its on the train line, so maybe thats a plus.
Haven't stayed there so can't make a personal yes/no!
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And very close to a funerary.

 

[oz_mark]

There is an airport hotel on the plans, next to the train station
But given how long it take Perth Airport to do anything, it's anyone's guess as to which happens first
Qantas moves terminals
The parallel runway is built
The hotel is built
The multistorey car parks are built

Perhaps by 2030 one of these things may have happened.

 

[jukebox333]

If you mean the Sanno hotel, 159 on TripAdvisor found it "terrible" but 655 people found it "excellent".
10mins walk to nearest servo, 20mins return if walking.
Granted, its on the train line, so maybe thats a plus.
Haven't stayed there so can't make a personal yes/no!
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And very close to a funerary.

The Maracoonda is something of a Perth institution... has been around for many decades.

I stayed there in the early 1990's when I was first transferred to WA, as it was a convenient place to dump incoming young business pax from the airport before they got collected the following day - there even used to be a shuttle bus.

It was notable for the three... or was it five??? .... rotund, loud, boisterous, middle-aged, spinster sisters who ran the show. It was very basic 40 years ago, and I suspect not much has changed. But it was a better choice than the more skeevy places on Great Eastern Highway headed towards Perth City, where a good number of Perth's working girls would take their clients for an hour or two...

 

[ols]

But it was a better choice than the more skeevy places on Great Eastern Highway headed towards Perth City, where a good number of Perth's working girls would take their clients for an hour or two...

The Red Castle

 

[OZDUCK]

The Red Castle

We had our wedding reception at The Red Castle in 1975. It was a lot more up-market in those days before it was allowed to deteriorate before being demolished.

 

[Daver6]

It really is an easy walk of maybe 200m from the terminal, fully undercover and part way with a travelator. The walk is less than the walk from some of the arrival gates to immigration. I really fail to see an issue here. It's literally a few minutes and no further than QF domestic at SYD to the train platform.

 

[jukebox333]

It really is an easy walk of maybe 200m from the terminal, fully undercover and part way with a travelator. The walk is less than the walk from some of the arrival gates to immigration. I really fail to see an issue here. It's literally a few minutes and no further than QF domestic at SYD to the train platform.

And it is indeed a thing of beauty - one of the few times in the last 20 years the PTA spent a bit of money on more than a functional box for a station:

 

[Bagpuss]

+ is that its cheap to get to Perth city.
- is the walk, would not be good if have to drag bags, or push trolley.
And the train is just a normal run of the mill service.
Probably would be full at peak times, by the time the train gets from High Wycombe to Airport Central.

(Being located in Perth)...

Yes, I feel it's a long time from the T1/T2 terminals to the train station.
I allow myself between 10 - 15 minutes walking time from exiting the plane to get to the station (without baggage) depending on the gate.
It feels a long way, there are travellators, but it still feels a long way.

The trains are always near empty whenever I have used the service and they use the Mandurah / Joondalup trains in a 3 car set.

The connections at Perth station is a joke. To get to the Mandurah / Joondalup lines you are going between the furthest platforms apart. Then the timing is wrong because you can't get from one platform to the other in the time frame. As these lines run every 15 minutes usually, you are waiting for a Mandurah trip for about 13 minutes.

Transperth seem to have a poster which states the number of trips on the Airport line and I think it's woefully inflated (I think it was close to 1 million passengers for 3 months). In my eyes the Airport line is really Bayswater to High Wycombe.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Have Transperth setup payment using Digital Wallets yet? Or do you still have to purchase trip tickets?

 

[Bagpuss]

Have Transperth setup payment using Digital Wallets yet? Or do you still have to purchase trip tickets?

You still purchase trip tickets or purchase a smartrider. Project is heavily delayed. (The new tag on / off machines rollout and them being slow is part of the issues.)

 

[SeatBackForward]

purchase a smartrider

How practical is that for a not-often visitor to Perth? Checking the Smartrider Retail list doesn't look like anywhere in PER T3/4 or Redcliffe station sells these. Looks like I'm better off just paying for a cash ticket - or make my way over to T1/T2 on the airport shuttle bus and start my trip into Perth City from there.