Newcastle Light Rail

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Newcastle Light Rail is a modern tram system serving central Newcastle, New South Wales, providing frequent urban public transport between key city locations.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf light rail system
public transport infrastructure
tram system
accessibility wheelchair accessible
connectsWith Newcastle bus services
Newcastle heavy rail services at Newcastle Interchange
constructionStartDate 2017
country Australia
electrification overhead wire-free system
endStation Newcastle Beach NERFINISHED
environmentalFeature wire-free operation through city centre
fareSystem Opal card NERFINISHED
contactless payment
fundedBy New South Wales Government NERFINISHED
hasStation Civic NERFINISHED
Crown Street NERFINISHED
Honeysuckle NERFINISHED
Newcastle Beach NERFINISHED
Newcastle Interchange NERFINISHED
Queens Wharf NERFINISHED
locatedIn New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales NERFINISHED
central Newcastle
numberOfLines 1
numberOfTracks 2
numberOfVehicles 6
openingDate 2019-02-17
operator Keolis Downer NERFINISHED
owner Transport for NSW NERFINISHED
partOf Newcastle Transport network NERFINISHED
Opal network NERFINISHED
planningAuthority Transport for NSW NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose CBD circulation
urban public transport
projectType urban renewal project
propulsionSystem on-board energy storage
replaced part of former heavy rail corridor into Newcastle CBD
rollingStock CAF Urbos 3 trams NERFINISHED
routeLength approximately 2.7 kilometres
safetySystem road-embedded tramway with traffic signalling
serves Newcastle central business district NERFINISHED
Newcastle waterfront precincts
serviceFrequency frequent
serviceType urban light rail
startStation Newcastle Interchange NERFINISHED
status operational
ticketingIntegration integrated with other Newcastle Transport modes
trackGauge standard gauge

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Newcastle Interchange
lightRailLine
Newcastle Interchange
terminusFor

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