It may have come in over time and over budget, but for commuters on Perth’s Armadale line, it’s over at last.

And for WA Premier Roger Cook and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti, Sunday marked the culmination of an election promise made more than a decade ago as the then-McGowan opposition stormed into power.

Premier Roger Cook, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti and Darling Range MP Hugh Jones step off the train at the Byford Train Station opening on Sunday. Credit: 9News Perth

The Armadale to Byford line has officially opened, allowing commuters to take a roughly 46-minute train journey from Perth’s south-eastern fringe to the CBD.

Sunday’s opening also brings to an end the ambitious closure of the Armadale line for almost two years to complete what was in effect several major engin

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