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.
Metro Light Rail welcomes the network extension to Circular Quay and Dulwich Hill
Sydney – Metro Transport Sydney, the owners of Sydney’s light rail network, welcome the Government’s announcement today to extend the current light rail service through the new Barangaroo development to Circular Quay and from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill.
Kevin Warrell, CEO, Metro Transport Sydney said today, “Extending the Light Rail further west and through the CBD to service the Barangaroo development is a very smart move.
“The Barangaroo development will generate a lot of extra travel from commuters, residents and tourists and Light Rail is the perfect high capacity, environmentally responsible and high quality public transport solution.”
“Light Rail can provide the glue to integrate this large, new precinct into the rest of the City. As a modern, green, responsible form of public transport Light Rail is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the Barangaroo development and will fit in very well,” said Mr Warrell. Read more »
Bring back city trams, transport inquiry urges
A logjam of buses – more than 700 an hour in the morning peak period – has convinced transport experts that trams should be brought back into the city.
More than 60 years after trams were phased out, the independent Christie inquiry says the existing light rail that runs through Chinatown should be extended into the city proper to get rid of most buses and improve travelling times for passengers.
Two possible routes are put forward by the inquiry for further discussion.
The first involves trams, running in both directions, in a loop that begins at Hay Street in Chinatown and runs north up Sussex Street, to Hickson Road and the proposed development at Barangaroo, then on to Walsh Bay before heading south down George Street and back to Hay Street. Read more »
Keneally orders transport rethink
The Premier has told the treasury and transport departments to study the recommendations of the independent inquiry into Sydney’s public transport, as she leaves the door open to delaying the metro network in favour of expanding heavy rail.
Kristina Keneally gave the strongest indication yet that the $5.3 billion CBD Metro could be sidelined to focus on heavy rail to the north-west and light rail in the city in her government’s upcoming transport blueprint.
The inquiry, headed by the state’s former rail and roads boss Ron Christie, and commissioned by the Herald, recommends the return of trams to Sydney’s central business district within four to five years.
It says extending the light rail network that runs through Chinatown would remove large numbers of buses and ”completely transform” bus-choked George Street. Sections of the street would be made car free. Read more »
Transport group reveals rail plans for Bay Light Express
Light rail lines would reach deep into Sydney’s suburbs and regional NSW – not just the inner city – under blueprints drawn up by urban planners, transport experts and business groups who are seeking fast and relatively cheap ways of improving public transport.
The State Government has made public its ‘study brief” into proposed extensions of the light rail to Dulwich Hill and through the central business district.
The 5.6-kilometre extension from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill is estimated to cost $71 million, compared with $5.3 billion for seven kilometres of underground Metro through the CBD. Read more »