The Australind was suspended in November 2023 due to the shutdown of the Armadale line for upgrading, and pending retirement of the current rolling stock.

The current hamlet of Australind, a satellite town of Bunbury, has never had a passenger rail service, nor even a railway line.

On 16 November 1987, the current ADP/ADQ class railcars took over the service reducing journey times to 2 hours 30 minutes.

[1] The final two services on the current train sets - reserved for invited special guests - were conducted on 18 and 19 November 2023.

[10] In 2019, two new train sets, each consisting of a three-car diesel multiple unit, were ordered for the Australind at a cost of $54 million.