Editing Sydney (section)

====Light rail====
{{Main|Light rail in Sydney}}
[[File:CBD light rail 001.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[CBD and South East Light Rail]] connects Sydney's CBD with the Eastern Suburbs.]]
Sydney once had one of the [[Trams in Sydney|largest tram networks]] in the British Empire after London.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 May 2014 |title=Shooting Through: Sydney by Tram |url=https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/shooting-through-sydney-tram |access-date=31 May 2019 |work=Sydney Living Museums}}</ref> It served routes covering {{cvt|291|km|mi|0|abbr=off}}. The internal combustion engine made buses more flexible than trams and consequently more popular, leading to the progressive closure of the network with the final tram operating in 1961.<ref name="Transport" /> From 1930 there were 612 buses across Sydney carrying 90&nbsp;million passengers per annum.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wotherspoon |first=Garry |date=2008 |title=Buses |url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/buses |access-date=8 August 2014 |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney}}</ref>

In 1997, the [[Inner West Light Rail]] opened between Central station and [[Wentworth Park]]. It ran on a [[Sydney Freight Network|freight line]] extending from the city to [[Darling Harbour]] and the [[Fish Markets]], part of the Metroplitan Goods Lines.<ref name="Heritage NSW Metropolitan Goods Lines">{{cite web |title=Sydney's Metropolitan Goods Lines |url=https://www.thnsw.com.au/post/sydney-s-metropolitan-goods-lines |website=Transport Heritage NSW |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> The line was extended to [[Lilyfield]] in 2000 and then [[Dulwich Hill]] in 2014. It links the [[Inner West]] and Darling Harbour with [[Central railway station, Sydney|Central station]] and facilitated 9.1&nbsp;million journeys in the 2016–17 financial year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2017 |title=Light Rail Patronage – Monthly Comparison |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/performance-and-analytics/passenger-travel/light-rail-patronage/light-rail-patronage-monthly |access-date=25 August 2017 |website=[[Transport for NSW]] |language=en-AU}}</ref> A second, the [[CBD and South East Light Rail]] {{cvt|12|km|1}} line serving the CBD and Eastern Suburbs opened in 2019–2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=CBD and South East Light Rail contract awarded with earlier delivery date |url=http://www.sydneylightrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/latest/media-releases/2013-(1)/transforming-sydney-cbd-and-south-east-light-rail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513081808/http://www.sydneylightrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/latest/media-releases/2013-(1)/transforming-sydney-cbd-and-south-east-light-rail |archive-date=13 May 2015 |website=Sydney Light Rail |publisher=Transport for NSW}}</ref> A [[Parramatta Light Rail|light rail line]] serving the western hub of [[Parramatta, New South Wales | Parramatta]] opened in 2024.<ref name="ABC Parramatta LR">{{cite web |last1=Tregenza |first1=Holly |title=Parramatta light rail celebrates opening day with commuters aboard first tram |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/parramatta-light-rail-open-day-route-map-westmead-carlingford/104747540 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> The project is divided into two stages, with the first (the L4) replacing the [[Carlingford railway line]] that closed in 2020. The second stage of the project, the L5, servicing the [[Sydney Olympic Park | Olympic park]], is currently under construction.