WA Labor in rail car manufacturing pledge

More than half of new railcars will be built in Western Australia under a 15-year plan promised by the state opposition as it enters the second week of the election campaign.

WA Labor says only two per cent of work on railcar contracts is done by local companies and wants to follow the lead of the Victoria, where the figure is 60 per cent.

"The Liberal party has surrendered when it comes to manufacturing - they're sending our jobs east, they're sending our jobs overseas," Opposition Leader Mark McGowan told reporters on Sunday.

Opposition leader Mark McGowan said he supported the Liberal plan, but it was long overdue.

"I'm fine with the policy but what I would say to the government is it's too little, it's too late and do they agree with our approach? They need to come clean on our commitments."