PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Mrs GERAGHTY (Torrens) (14:46): My question is to the Minister for Transport Services.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Sorry, member for Torrens, I am sure nobody heard that question. I will have some order. Can you repeat the question?

Mrs GERAGHTY: My question is to the Minister for Transport Services. Can the minister inform the house about the bus trial at Klemzig Interchange?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.C. FOX (Bright—Minister for Transport Services) (14:46): I thank the member for Torrens and acknowledge her keen interest in this area. I had the privilege of going out with her very recently on an extensive tour of the roads of her electorate. It was very useful and I thank her for that opportunity. As Minister for Transport Services, I, along with my department, take very seriously the feedback of commuters on the bus, train and tram network, and we are continually looking at ways of further improving the experience for customers.

An example of this is a trial we began late last month in response to customer feedback at the Klemzig Interchange. All 503 and 556 bus services have now begun stopping at the interchange as part of a trial to provide extra services for passengers travelling from the interchange to the city on weekday mornings. These operational changes have resulted in an additional 12 services stopping at Klemzig station between 7.21am and 8.51am, in addition to the 67 stopping services that currently service Klemzig between 7am and 9am.

This is a very busy area, and many passengers are taking advantage of the additional Klemzig Interchange stop and boarding these services on their way to work. When planning public transport, it is important to provide commuters with options, and this Klemzig Interchange initiative does just that. The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure is monitoring patronage on these services during the trial and will use the results in the development of future timetables.

I would like to thank the member for Torrens, the member for Hartley and a number of other members from those areas who have been extremely helpful in putting in their opinions and their views about how we can change some of these things.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.C. FOX: One of the changes that we made that I am discussing today is actually as a direct result of that input. So thank you, Madam Speaker.