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City transport
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Transperth is the city's excellent and inexpensive
suburban transport
network, with frequent trains to Fremantle and the northern, eastern and southern suburbs of Joondalup, Midland and Armadale, and a fleet of buses filling the gaps in between. The city centre has two
bus stations
, one at Wellington Street, next to the central
train station
, and, for services south of the river, the City Busport ten-minutes' walk south at the bottom of Mill Street. There are Transperth
information offices
with helpful staff at both bus stations (Mon-Fri 7.30am-5.30pm, Sat 8am-1pm; tel 13 2213) and also in the city centre at Plaza Arcade, Hay Street Level (Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm).
Outside the FTZ, Perth is divided into eight concentric zones - zones 1 and 2 ($2.70) are the most useful to visitors, incorporating Fremantle, the northern beaches and Midland. Tickets are available from bus conductors or vending machines at all (mostly unstaffed) stations; they are valid for up to two hours' (some for 90min) unlimited travel within the specified zones on Transperth buses, trains and the ferry to South Perth from Barrack Street jetty. Day-passes ($6.90) and ten-trip MultiRiders ($22.95) are also available from certain newsagents. The tourist-oriented Perth Tram (daily 8am-5.10pm; day-ticket $15; tel 08/9322 2006), running every ninety minutes and most conveniently caught at Barrack Street jetty, allows you to jump off at points of interest and reboard a later tram.
Perth's web of
bicycle
lanes, which spread from the city out to the suburbs, can also make bike rental a pleasant and viable option; Bikewest (tel 08/9216 8000) can provide more information. Other useful information
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