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?
They stopped on the Midland Line sometime around late 2017/early 2018. When the East Perth station refit for the stadium was done, all trains were slated to stop there. That meant the “express” trains from Bayswater to the city would be skipping Meltham and Mt. Lawley, otherwise stopping all stations. It became a bit moot at that point, so they just gave up on express trains.