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Thornlie-Cockburn Line community event!

5 June 2025

We’re opening the Thornlie-Cockburn Line!

Perth’s rail network is expanding once again and to celebrate the opening of the new METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn Line, a community event will be held on Sunday, 8 June from 8.30am to 1pm.

To mark this major milestone, Thornlie, Nicholson Road and Ranford Road stations will have family-friendly activities, free food, live entertainment and community stalls showcasing local groups.

Come and explore new and upgraded train stations along the network’s newest east-west cross line connection.

For the first time, passengers can travel directly between the Mandurah and Armadale Lines, providing a direct link to Optus Stadium and beyond.

What's on

Travel along the new Thornlie-Cockburn Line and visit family friendly fun at each of the new stations - Thornlie, Nicholson Road and Ranford Road.

Exciting activities include:

Kids can participate in many FREE activities such as face painting, circus activities, glitter tattoos and more,
Enjoy FREE entertainment from a line-up of local WA artists.
Specialty pop-up stalls will be located at each station showcasing local business and community offerings, such as local artisan goods, crafts and artwork.
Food stalls will include frozen yogurt, slushies, coffee, dumplings and noodles, sushi, flatbreads, and more!
And of course it wouldn’t be a celebration without a FREE sausage sizzle at each station!

Five new elevated stations on the inner Armadale Line - Carlisle, Oats Street, Queens Park, Cannington and Beckenham - will also be opening. The inner Armadale Line completion will be celebrated with an event a few months later when the whole Armadale Line, including the new METRONET Byford Extension Project, is complete.

Click on the map below, save it, screen shot it, or whatever you need to do - this is your quick-guide to what's on!

Service Information

Special Event trains will be running along the Thornlie-Cockburn Line for the duration of the event, with the first public train from Perth Station departing at 09.11am and the first train from Cockburn Central departing at 09.40am. Trains will run on a 15 -minute timetable (meaning every 7.5 minutes on the inner-Armadale Line) until 6pm.

Every Sunday, SmartRider holders can travel free on all Transperth services - just tag on and off as usual.

From Monday, 9 June regular passenger services will begin. For more information on how to get to your new stations, you can find out more on the Transperth website.