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Map of rail lines in NSW. The Australian state of New South Wales has an extensive network of railways, which were integral to the growth and development of the state. The vast majority of railway lines were government built and operated, but there were also several private railways, some of which operate to this day.
Sydney Trains is the brand name and operator of suburban and intercity train services in and around Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.. The metropolitan part of the network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers 369 km (229 mi) of route length over 813 km (505 mi) of track, with 168 stations on nine lines.
Sydney's suburban rail network map from the 1980's. The first railway in Sydney was opened in 1855 between Sydney and Granville, now a suburb of Sydney but then a major agricultural centre. The railway formed the basis of the New South Wales Government Railways. Passenger and freight services were operated from the beginning. [15] In 1886, the ...
1919 – Railways of New South Wales and South Australia meet at Broken Hill with break-of-gauge; 1919 – First electric suburban trains run in Melbourne; 1924 – Final section of North Coast line opens, linking Cairns to the rest of the Australian railway system; 1925 – Great White Train is created to promote industry and tours in New ...
Sydney Metro is a fully automated rapid transit rail system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.It currently consists of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, running between Tallawong and Sydenham and consisting of 21 stations on 52 km (32 mi) of twin tracks, mostly underground.
The system is owned by the Government of New South Wales [1] and is operated under contract by Metro Trains Sydney, a joint venture between MTR Corporation, John Holland Group, and UGL Rail. [2] There are currently 21 Sydney Metro stations open and 52 kilometres (32 mi) of track.
The Sydney light rail network (or Sydney Light Rail for the inner-city lines) [4] is a light rail/tram system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network consists of four passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill , L2 Randwick, L3 Kingsford and L4 Westmead & Carlingford lines.
Prior to 2004, the entire NSW Government-owned rail network was operated by the then Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC). In preparation for the planned lease of the interstate and Hunter Valley networks to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), the Transport Administration Act 1988 was amended in 2003 to define a "metropolitan rail area", to be managed by a new agency called RailCorp ...