The future Parramatta Light Rail, Australia, will include stops at up to six train stations in Sydney’s west, under the state government’s plan for the network. Plans were announced to create transport interchanges at Westmead, Parramatta, Olympic Park, Strathfield and Carlingford trains stations.
The 20-kilometre light rail track, construction of which is due to start in late 2018 and be completed by 2023, will run from Westmead to Strathfield, with a second line branching to Carlingford.
The government’s preferred route for the Westmead to Strathfield line would pass near planned residential development at North Parramatta, the Parramatta Stadium precinct and the multimillion dollar Parramatta Square project.
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said public consultation on the specific route for the light rail would take place later in 2016.
The light rail will run seven days a week, from early morning to late night, and will be a turn-up-and-go service rather than running to a timetable.
The government has allocated USD 1 billion funding to the construction of the line, but its cost will exceed this amount.
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