Light rail brought on board multi-trip tickets
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 14 June, 2011
COMMUTERS with MyMulti transport tickets will finally be able to use them on Sydney’s light rail line.
The Transport Minister, Gladys Berejiklian, will announce measures today to incorporate the light rail line into the MyZone ticket structure, an election promise made by the Coalition.
From June 27, commuters who use daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly MyMulti tickets to travel on the bus, train and ferry networks will also be able to use the tickets on the light rail system.
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Pensioners will be able to use their pensioner excursion tickets on the line, and Family Funday Sunday tickets will also be eligible for use on the line.
”This is great news for commuters, tourists, pensioners and families,” Ms Berejiklian said.
Connecting the City Centre with Barangaroo
Sydney’s First Greenway in Light Rail Extension
Premier Kristina Keneally today announced the new light rail corridor between Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill will host Sydney’s first “GreenWay” – an environmentally sustainable, integrated transport corridor.
“The new GreenWay is a first for Sydney – it will ensure the corridor has a ‘mixed use’ for families, commuters, cyclists, walkers and joggers,” Ms Keneally said.
Ms Keneally today joined Transport Minister John Robertson, Member for Balmain, Verity Firth and Member for Marrickville, Carmel Tebbutt to launch the scope of work for the light rail extension – including the location and names of nine stops along the new 5.6km light rail extension from Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill.
This is another milestone in roll out of Sydney’s $500 million light rail expansion and is part of the NSW Government’s fully funded $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport Plan. Under the Metropolitan Transport Plan, there is almost 10 kilometres of new light rail track, bringing the total distance to 16.9 kilometres – stretching from Circular Quay to Dulwich Hill.
“People will be able to walk or cycle from the Cooks River to Iron Cove, through Canterbury, Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt Council areas,” Ms Keneally said. Read more »
Light Rail Begins
One month after announcing the State’s transport vision, the NSW Government has begun work on Sydney’s $500 million light rail expansion.
The pre-construction tender – which examines the costs, demand, technical issues, integration with other public transport, and economic factors – was yesterday awarded to global transport services company – GHD.
This pre construction study will advise us on when construction will start.
The light rail is part of the fully funded $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport vision and includes up to 20 new stations and almost 10 kilometres of new track.
It more than doubles the distance of the existing light rail in Sydney – making the route from Dulwich Hill to Circular Quay.
Earlier this month, the State Government issued critical infrastructure declarations to start implementation of some of the projects in the transport vision, including the light rail extensions.
“We always said work would begin immediately on our Transport Vision – and it will go to ‘market’ as soon as possible – and that is what we have done,” Ms Keneally said. Read more »
Transport Plan Implementation Brought Forward
This week, the State Government issued critical infrastructure declarations to start implementation of some of the projects in the $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport Plan.
This includes the eight new train platforms for the Western Express and almost 10 kilometres of light rail extensions.
In addition, the State Government is proposing to amend the Infrastructure State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) to streamline the delivery of commuter car parks and bus depots for the 1,000 new buses.
The proposed amendments will allow preliminary work to assist the delivery of the light rail line – such as testing, surveying and other investigation work – to be carried out without the need for a development application.
This will ensure they are subject to a streamlined, efficient and legally certain planning assessment while at the same time guaranteeing public input. Read more »