Transperth patronage on track for record breaking year

Public transport is the most popular it has ever been, with patronage numbers continuing to topple records.

With 10 months of data for 2025 now available, Transperth patronage has hit a new year-to-date record, with 127,027,067 passengers jumping on a train, bus, or ferry by 31 October, a jump of more than three million boardings, or 2.6 per cent, from the corresponding period last year.

The previous best January to October on record was set in 2013, where 125,433,433 boardings were recorded across the three modes.

The figures place 2025 on track to be the highest calendar year on record for patronage across the public transport network.

Patronage data from the first four months of this financial year was also an all-time high, with 52,059,016 boardings, with July, September, and October all recording their best ever monthly totals. 

These numbers do not reflect the under-reporting of passengers on school bus services and show strong results considering the full Armadale Line only reopened to passengers in October.

Passengers will also have more payment options very soon with the rollout of credit and debit card payments before the end of the year.