CityRail
Sign in to saveCityRail was a passenger railway brand operated by the State Rail Authority from 1989 to 2003 and by RailCorp from 2004 to 2013 with services in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities in New South Wales, Australia. It was established in January 1989 and abolished in June 2013 when it was superseded by Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink.
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26 sectionsContents
- History
- Structure
- Operational history
- Operations
- Fleet
- Former fleet
- Ticketing
- Performance
- Patronage
- Network
- Suburban lines
- Intercity lines
- Regional line
- Bus services
- NightRide
- Network overview
- Passenger information systems
- Challenges
- Safety
- Crime
- Overloading
- Public perception
- See also
- References
- Other references
- Further reading
CityRail was a passenger railway brand operated by the State Rail Authority from 1989 to 2003 and by RailCorp from 2004 to 2013 with services in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities in New South Wales, Australia. It was established in January 1989 and abolished in June 2013 when it was superseded by Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink.
In June 2013, it operated 307 stations and over 2,060 kilometres of track, extending north to the upper Hunter Valley, south to the Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands regions and west to Bathurst. In the year ended 30 June 2012, 306 million journeys were made on the network.
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