We have been to Perth a couple of times now 2007 and 2011. The first time the city was preparing for the new line to Mandurah and made a bit of a bottleneck around the area. In 2011 we took the train to Mandurah and the trip was fantastic. The trains in W.A. are a credit to your state, minimal graffiti, quiet, clean and comfortable. Once we got used to the ticketing machines train travel over here was a piece of cake. The train to Fremantle although a bit short was also worth the effort. The 'Cats' are also a pleasure to ride on, with the Blue, Yellow and Red buses scheduled to get you almost anywhere you need to go around the city and environs. I can't speak too highly about the Transperth system, it makes the S.A. system look pitifully out dated and out classed.

I love to ride the trains. The automatic ticket machines are really easy to use and the price is fantastic. The trains are always quite clean and the timetables are good. Value for money!!!

this is the main public transport body for western australia. forms of transport include bus, train and ferry. you get to see the whole metro area for the cost of a couple dollars. what more could you want

Not bad depending where you live you may only have to wait 20 minutes you may have to wait 60 minutes for the next bus
Trains go about every 10 minutes
I recommend getting there about 10 minutes before the due time as the time tables are not that accurate all the time they can come early and late
I normally get there when they are due to leave station
Tickets last 2 hours and can be used on Bus Trains and Ferry's
U can top up your multirider on the Buses also
I find its actually cheaper to pay cash for a 2 section the multiriders seem to charge more than what you have used people have said to me they think they were getting charged for 2 zones instead of 2 sections because they were always topping up on there credit
If you forget to scan of you will get charged extra but you can ring transperth and tell them when and where you got off and they can re credit your card
You can also get print out on the bus/transperth info showing your current use
You can also ring transperth and they can tell you when the next bus is due in your area and how often they go
But deffinetly get timetables for the areas you need
Ferry's go i think about every 30 minutes or hour
The CATS free buses in town go about every ten minutes to various areas depending on the colour there are Red Yellow Blue worth getting a map for them aswell you don't want to get the wrong colour even though they run frequently if you get on the wrong colour it can take you a while to get back to where you want to go if you havent realised
The Cats shows you the routes and bus colours on the maps as well as the stands and the button at the stand where you wait can be pushed and it will tell you when the next one is due aprox it also shows it in minutes
A lot of the time and Routes of the buses have recently changed again not just town Some are major like missing one area and going from one side of a park to flipping ova and now going around the other side
definitely get online and see the maps and times and pick up the latest 's timetables or print out they changed on the 2nd of March 2014

There will be new,bus,train times as,of Sunday 31 January 2016 some will be out now may only be minutes but if you miss it could be waiting a while some are route changes also so also check maps