Jacqui Gilmour shared her parental concerns on Perth Live as she explained to Oliver Peterson a twice-a-day bus route that takes students to schools in Kalamunda has been cut due to the new airport train line.

Students have been directed to take the train first and then a bus, creating big delays for some students.

“It is a bit disappointing as the service has been running for 50 years and suddenly it’s gone,” she told Oly.

The 299 bus route which runs from Elizabeth Quay up Great Eastern Hwy, is one of the buses that have been terminated, leaving students from Kalamunda High School, St Brigids College and Mazenod College having to find a new way to school.

“Plenty of students hop on the bus on the way up the hill on Kalamunda Road, the kids stand like sardines on the last little segment towards Kalamunda Station.

“It’s about a 50 minute journey from getting the bus to getting to school and they’re now suggesting we add another 30 minutes to that.”

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David Hynes, a spokesman for Transperth responded to this story on Perth Live.

“Some of the things are quite true, the route 299 has been removed as part of the airport line – because the best way to move a large amount of people quickly and efficiently is by rail.

“However it has been replaced by a number of services, the Airport Line itself obviously but also route 940 between Perth and Redcliffe Station, also route 290 and 291 between Redcliffe Station and Midland Station via Guildford and route 275 between Wycombe Station and Walton Bay via Kalamunda Road.

“So when you link those up, it will get you back up into the same area.”

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