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Perth Stadium to play havoc with train services
Commuters who use Claisebrook and McIver train stations in East Perth are today getting a taste of the inconvenience that is to come once Perth Stadium opens.
A full-scale simulation of the stadium's transport systems will see the stations closed, as will be the case every time there is an AFL game or large concert at the venue.
In order to get people to and from the stadium quickly, trains will not stop at Claisebrook or McIver stations with commuters instead offered much slower replacement busses or the choice to walk.
For the many staff and patients at Royal Perth Hospital who use nearby McIver Station every day, a journey home using public transport will now include the one kilometre walk to Perth Station.
Moore Street in East Perth will also be closed during events to avoid frustrating drivers as the extra trains will see the level-crossing rarely open.
The tests have been deliberately timed to coincide with several major events in Perth today — including Symphony in the City, a Wildcats game and an Ashes test to ensure conditions are as realistic as possible for train and bus operations.
"It will make sure we refine all our processes and get our ducks in a row for the opening of the stadium proper when things really start to happen," Public Transport Authority spokesman David Hynes said.
With limited parking around the stadium the Government hoped 80 per cent of people would use public transport to get to and from events.
Mr Hynes said that in order to get 28,000 fans out of the venue within an hour of an event finishing there was no time for trains to stop at Claisebrook or McIver.
This would disrupt a number of services on the Thornlie, Midland and Armadale lines.
"It will be something of an inconvenience for people but the complexity of having to run so many trains through those stations and mix them up with timetable services means for operational purposes we'll just bypass those stations," he said.
"It's designed to minimise the impact and maximise efficiency, we have to strike the balance between those two things."
Regular commuters not priority on event days
Mr Hynes explained most events would be held at times when the stations were scarcely used.
However, he said Friday night football and weekday concerts could affect thousands of people who take trains from McIver or Claisebrook to get home from work.
"The way the AFL schedules games on Friday and Thursday evenings in Perth to suit television audiences in the eastern states, starting around 6:00pm, does not suit us because we are still trying to look after our core duty, which is getting people to and from work," he said.
"The great majority of events will be either in the evenings or in the weekends when the pressure on Claisebrook, McIver and Moore Street Level crossing are at their lowest."
He said today's test will see if the plan is actually viable and if there could be room to run limited train services to the stations during events.
Mr Hynes said logistics had been complicated by delays in building the Swan River pedestrian footbridge, which he said was a vital cog in transport plans for the stadium with up to 14,000 fans expected to use it during AFL games.
The Government asked the AFL not to schedule any Friday night matches in Perth until March, when they expect the footbridge to be completed and extra buses would be used to compensate for it during events in the meantime.
Hundreds of staff will take part in today's test, which will replicate as close to reality as possible an ordinary event in order to identify any faults in the system.
"We will have security, customer service staff and other staff in place and recreate conditions as much as we can to test all aspects of our operations and make sure they're top notch for the start of play as it were," Mr Hynes said.
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