Transport for a Connected City
STRATEGIC DIRECTION C TRANSPORT FOR A CONNECTED CITY METROPOLITAN PLAN FOR SYDNEY 2036 | PAGE 81 Introduction SYDneY IN 2010 The metropolitan heavy rail network is the The rail backbone of Sydney’s public transport system and network Sydney’s transport needs are met by several modes has helped shaped the city’s extensive suburban including rail, road, ferries and buses. This complex development around rail corridors. The city rail caters for system has expanded over time to meet Sydney’s network caters for almost one million passengers almost growth and changing travel demands. a day on a network of some 2,110 km of track from Dungog in the north to Nowra in the south and one million The road network is critical to Sydney’s economy out to Goulburn and Lithgow. The metropolitan passenger and to the daily lives of Sydneysiders. Of the 16.3 component of the network (bounded by Berowra, million trips undertaken on an average weekday, Emu Plains, Macarthur and Waterfall) comprises trips a day 92 per cent are by road for a variety of purposes 830 km of track. The majority of passenger including commuting to work and education, movements on the rail network are between shopping, recreation and the distribution of Sydney’s suburbs, the CBD, and the Global goods via light commercial and heavy vehicles. Economic Corridor (from Macquarie Park through Motorways are the workhorse of the network, Chatswood and the CBD to Sydney Airport and with several sections moving more than 100,000 Port Botany in the south). vehicles a day. While car travel offers flexibility and is effective for multi–purpose trips, the benefits of public transport for particular destinations and at particular times of day are well recognised.
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