Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Transport/Sources

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The following describes the reliability of sources related to public transport in Australia. If there is a source that is not in the list, please add it.

Official sources

These are all official websites for various states. They are considered reliable, but do not use them as a main source for a page.


Source Name	Source Type	Transport Mode	Area Covered	Notes
Transport for Canberra	Website	All	Canberra/ACT	Main state government website for Transport
Transport for NSW			New South Wales
Department of Transport and Main Roads			Queensland
Department for Infrastructure and Transport			South Australia
Transport Services			Tasmania
Department of Transport and Planning			Victoria
Department for Transport			Western Australia
Adelaide Metro		Public Transport	Adelaide	Main state government website for Public Transport
Translink			Queensland
Metro Tasmania			Tasmania
Public Transport Victoria			Victoria
Public Transport Authority			Western Australia
Victoria's Big Build		All	Victoria	Main state government website for major transport projects after 2014

Nationwide sources


Source Name	Source Type	Reliable?	Transport Mode	Area Covered	Notes
Australian Bus and Coach	Website	Mostly	Bus	All	Is an independent website that is generally reliable. The website does also sell buses, so be careful for possibly promotional content.
Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages	Website	?	Train	Rollingstock	Is a self-published source, but is reliable due to where information is sourced from
Motive Power magazine + Wikipedia article about it	Magazine	Yes	Trains	Locomotives	A bi-monthly magazine that outlines locomotive fleets and locomotive operations throughout Australia

Other periodical magazines: List of rail transport–related periodicals#Australia

New South Wales sources

Turn this into a table eventually: but there’s one source that I’ve noticed that is frequently used for NSW railway stations and lines: nswrail.net, I’ve never personally cited this source, so I think a review into its reliability is overdue. Also remove my signature when necessary. Fork99 (talk) 14:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Victorian sources


Source Name	Source Type	Reliable?	Transport Mode	Notes
Victorian Places	Website	Yes	N/A	Written by Monash University and University of Queensland. Is not explicitly about transport, but often mentions it.
Vicsig		Conditionally	Trains, trams	Is a self-published source. Is reliable for basic information provided at the top of the page, but be careful for anything else.
VictorianRailways.net		Yes	Trains	Is a self-published source, but is reliable for official station layout diagrams, official track diagrams and other official railway historical documents.
Daniel Bowen		Conditionally	All	Is a blog, however Bowen is a subject matter expert, so information is likely to be reliable. Bowen does sometimes use it to express his personal views, so be careful at times.
PTUA		Conditionally	All	Advocacy group for public transport issues. Side note: Wikipedia article at Public Transport Users Association
PVJ.net		Yes	Trains	Is a self-published source, but is reliable under WP:EXPERTSPS as the site author has previously been published in 16 volumes of rail history books

Western Australian sources


Source Name	Source Type	Reliable?	Transport Mode	Notes
Main Roads WA	Website	Yes	Road	Primary source
WA Government Media Statements	Website	Yes	All	Primary source, useful for construction history and contract signings, use with secondary sources where possible
Metronet	Website	Yes	Train and bus	Primary source
New MetroRail (archived)	Website	Yes	Train	Primary source
Transperth	Website	Yes	Train, bus and ferry	Primary source, useful for station information and timetables