Metro Light Rail, owned by Metro Transport Sydney and operated under contract by Connex, runs one light rail line in inner Sydney, Australia.

The line travels 7.2 km from Central Station to Lilyfield, making 14 stops. The line runs on-street from Central to Haymarket, and then follows the alignment of an old goods line through Ultimo, Pyrmont and Glebe to Lilyfield.

The light rail opened in 1997, nearly 40 years after trams disappeared from Sydney's streets.

Sydney's monorail is also owned by Metro Transport Sydney and operated by Connex.

In mid-2005, Metro Transport Sydney secured a naming rights deal with Paddy's Markets for the Haymarket stops on both the Metro Light Rail and Monorail that are located nearby.

Current Issues

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Sydney City Council has lobbied almost continuously in the years after the introduction of the single light rail line for the State Government to extend it to Circular Quay through the Central Business District. An overwhealming majority of workers and residents are in support of the proposed extension, as present public transport arrangements are clearly not coping, and commuters are getting more and more dissatisfied with the daily traffic jams that entangle the central streets.

Despite numerous independent studies which are unanimously in favour of a light rail route through the city, the State Government still remains uncommitted to such a venture, and seems unwilling to allocate funds for the construction of more light rail infrastructure. Recent claims made by the Minister for Transport that public buses are coping, and that increased funding would go to buses instead were not well received by the public, who believe that it is turning a blind eye.

Metro Light Rail stations

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• Central
• Capitol Square
• Paddy's Markets (formerly Haymarket)
• Exhibition Centre
• Convention
• Pyrmont Bay
• Star City
• John Street Square
• Fish Market
• Wentworth Park
• Glebe
• Jubilee Park
• Rozelle Bay
• Lilyfield

See also

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• Trams in Sydney

Related links

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• Metro Light Rail
• Joint media release by Metro Transport Sydney and Paddy's Markets on the change of name for the Haymarket stop

Light rail | Tram transport in Australia | Transport in Sydney