Inner West Light Rail
light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Inner West Light Rail, also known as the L1 Dulwich Hill Line, is a light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from Central station through the Inner West to Dulwich Hill station. Operated by Transdev Sydney under contract to Transport for NSW, the line is 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) long and has twenty-three stops. The majority of the line runs along the route of the former Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line; a small portion at the eastern end runs through streets in Sydney's central business district.
In 1994, the Sydney Light Rail Company was awarded a 30.5-year contract to build and operate the line. The first section, 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) from Central to Wentworth Park in Pyrmont with ten stops, opened on 11 August 1997. A 3-kilometre (2 mi), four-stop extension to Lilyfield opened on 13 August 2000. Following the closure of the remaining section of the goods line in 2009, planning commenced for an extension to Dulwich Hill. In 2012, the state government acquired the private operator, now known as Metro Transport Sydney. Construction began soon thereafter; the nine-station, 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi) extension opened on 27 March 2014.
The line initially had seven Adtranz Variotram vehicles operate on it.
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