Editing Transport in Australia (section)

===Trams and light rail===
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[[Trams]] have historically operated in many Australian towns and cities, with the majority of these being shut down before the 1970s in the belief that more widespread car ownership would render them unnecessary. [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne]] is a major exception and today has the largest tram network of any city in the world. Adelaide retained one tram service — the [[Glenelg tram line]], since 2008 extended to [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]] and the [[East End, Adelaide|East End]]. Trams once operated in [[Trams in Sydney|Sydney]], [[Trams in Brisbane|Brisbane]], [[Trams in Perth|Perth]], and [[Trams in Hobart|Hobart]], and a number of major regional cities including [[Trams in Ballarat|Ballarat]], [[Trams in Bendigo|Bendigo]], [[Broken Hill]], [[Trams in Fremantle|Fremantle]], [[Trams in Geelong|Geelong]], [[Trams in Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], [[Trams in Launceston|Launceston]], [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]], [[Trams in Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Trams in Rockhampton|Rockhampton]], and [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]].

The [[Inner West Light Rail]] opened in Sydney in 1997 with the conversion of a disused section of the [[Metropolitan Goods railway line|Metropolitan Goods line]]. The [[CBD and South East Light Rail]] opened to [[Randwick]] in December 2019 and [[Kingsford, New South Wales|Kingsford]] in April 2020. A light rail system opened [[G:link|on the Gold Coast]] in 2014. A line opened in [[Newcastle Light Rail|Newcastle]] in February 2019 and one in [[Light rail in Canberra|Canberra]] opened in April 2019.<ref>[https://transportnsw.info/news/2019/light-rail-in-newcastle-opening-from-monday-18-february Light rail in Newcastle opening from Monday 18 February] [[Transport for NSW]] 3 February 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/5992524/start-date-revealed-for-canberras-light-rail-system/ Start date revealed for Canberra’s light rail system] ''[[Canberra Times]]'' 19 March 2019</ref>