Sydney

:For other meanings, see Sydney (disambiguation), or Sidney.

Transport

Sydney is served by extensive train, bus and ferry networks. Sydney trains are run by CityRail, a corporation of the New South Wales State Government. Trains run as suburban commuter rail services in the outer suburbs, then converge in a frequent metro-like service in tunnels under the central business district (CBD). CityRail has been under fire because of the crippling and unreliable train services. The CityRail service has been named one of the worst in the Western world. Buses serve the whole metropolitan area. In the city and inner suburbs the state-owned Sydney Buses has a monopoly. Services are frequent, even outside peak hours. In the outer suburbs, service is divided up between many private bus companies. These bus services are often criticised for their relative scarcity of service and sometimes complete lack of off-peak service. Sydney Ferries, another state government-owned organisation, runs extensive commuter and tourist ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River.

Related Topics:
Train - Bus - Ferry - CityRail - New South Wales - Metro - Central business district - Suburbs - Sydney Buses - Sydney Ferries - Sydney Harbour - Parramatta River

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Sydney has one light rail line, the Metro Light Rail, running from Central Station to Lilyfield. There is also a monorail which runs in a loop around the main shopping district and Darling Harbour.

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Light rail - Metro Light Rail - Central Station - Lilyfield - Monorail - Darling Harbour

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Sydney is serviced by an extensive network of freeways and tollways (known as motorways) and roads. The most important trunk routes in the metropolitan area form the Metroad system. The newly built Cross City Tunnel is a tunnel that runs underneath the Sydney CBD to the Eastern Suburbs. The tunnel has caused disputes because of the fees to use the tunnel.

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Metroad - Cross City Tunnel

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Kingsford Smith International Airport, located in the suburb of Mascot, is Sydney's main airport, and the oldest continuously operating commercial airport in the world. The smaller Bankstown Airport mainly serves private and general aviation. There are light aviation airfields at Hoxton Park and Camden. RAAF Base Richmond lies to the north-west of the city.

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Kingsford Smith International Airport - Mascot - Bankstown Airport - General aviation - Hoxton Park - Camden - RAAF Base Richmond

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