When I was going to school/uni 2010ish we had express trains on what seemed like every train.
A Joondalup express line that skipped Leederville to Stirling
A Fremantle express train - I think A and B pattern which skipped the first half or second half of stations.
Now we have an altering Butler/Whitfords train which is awful at Peak clock off hours because it’s so packed people can’t even get on at Leederville/Glendalough/Stirling, and a Freo line train that stops at Claremont which might as well just stop at Subi because everyone on after that is going to Freo.
What are your experiences with express trains and do you think they still have a place?
I thought I’d find the new Freo line thing more annoying than it is. Maybe it’s just that I’m lucky, but I find that I rarely have to skip a train that’s leaving Perth because it’s terminating at Claremont (although, come to think of it that can’t really be right, because it’s every second train isn’t it?).
But yeah, express trains were great!