House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-09-09 Daily Xml

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Electric Trains

Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (15:05): Supplementary, sir: given that the minister mentioned the 2000 series class—the Jumbos, the old trains that are being retired—when were they supposed to be retired and when will they be retired from the service?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (15:06): My understanding is that they've been retired from regular services for a number of weeks now, yet they haven't been fully decommissioned in case of any future desire to bring them back out onto the lines to be used, for example, if we were running special events where we needed to increase the size of the fleet.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: The deputy leader might be well placed to comment on those sorts of matters.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is called to order.

The Hon. T.R. Kenyon: Thank you, sir.

The SPEAKER: It is my pleasure to call him to order, and the deputy leader is warned for the second and final time. The member for Mitchell.