Inner West Light Rail

The Inner West Light Rail is a 12.8-kilometre (8.0 mi) light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from Central railway station through the Inner West to Dulwich Hill and serving 23 stops. It is the original line of the Sydney light rail network, and was originally known as Sydney Light Rail. Light rail services on the line are now branded as the L1 Dulwich Hill Line.

Inner West Light Rail
Urbos 3 at Marion stop in 2014
Overview
StatusFully operational
OwnerTransport for NSW
Termini
Stations23
Service
ServicesL1 Dulwich Hill Line
Operator(s)Transdev Sydney
Depot(s)Pyrmont
Rolling stock
Ridership10.3 million (2017–18)
History
Opened
  • 11 August 1997 (1997-08-11) (Central to Wentworth Park)
  • 13 August 2000 (2000-08-13) (Wentworth Park to Lilyfield)
  • 27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) (Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill)
Technical
Track length12.8 km (8.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC from overhead catenary
Route map

km
0.0
Central Grand Concourse
Belmore Park Tramway
0.4
Capitol Square
CBD and South East Light Rail
(Chinatown) (maintenance access only)
0.7
Paddy's Markets
1.1
Exhibition Centre
Pyrmont Depot
1.6
Convention
2.0
Pyrmont Bay
2.3
The Star
2.6
John Street Square
3.0
Fish Market
3.6
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park Viaduct
4.3
Glebe
Glebe Road Tunnel
5.1
Jubilee Park
Jubilee Park Viaduct
5.8
Rozelle Bay
6.6
Lilyfield
Lilyfield Maintenance Depot
7.6
Leichhardt North
8.5
Hawthorne
9.0
Marion
9.6
Taverners Hill
Main Suburban railway line
10.2
Lewisham West
10.8
Waratah Mills
11.2
Arlington
11.6
Dulwich Grove
12.1
Dulwich Hill

Most of the Inner West Light Rail is built on the path of a former freight railway line. The first section of light rail opened in 1997, and the line was extended in 2000 and 2014.

Operation and maintenance of the line is contracted to the ALTRAC Light Rail consortium by the New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW. Services are operated by Transdev Sydney as a member of ALTRAC Light Rail.

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