CBD and South East Light Rail

CBD and South East Light Rail
View up George Street from opposite St Andrew's Cathedral in November 2016
Overview
Status	Under construction
Termini	Circular Quay Kingsford, Randwick
Stations	19
Operation
Opened	2019
Owner	Transport for New South Wales
Operator(s)	Transdev Sydney
Depot(s)	Lilyfield Randwick
Rolling stock	30 Alstom Citadis X05s
Technical
Track length	12 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Circular Quay Grosvenor Street Wynyard Queen Victoria Building Chinatown Dulwich Hill Line Rawson Place Central Station Surry Hills Moore Park Tunnel Moore Park Anzac Parade Junction Charlton Street Randwick Stabling Facility Royal Randwick Racecourse Todman Avenue Wansey Road UNSW Anzac Parade / UNSW High Street Strachan Street Randwick Kingsford This diagram:

The CBD and South East Light Rail is a future Australian light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, running from Circular Quay at the northern end of the Central Business District to the south-eastern suburbs of Randwick and Kingsford. The line will be part of Sydney's light rail network. Major construction commenced in October 2015. The project is being managed by Transport for NSW, a statutory authority of the New South Wales Government. Construction, operation and maintenance of the line is contracted to the ALTRAC Light Rail consortium.

Since the light rail network's original line opened in 1997, a line through the Sydney central business district had been suggested numerous times but failed to achieve State Government support. This changed in February 2010 when the Keneally Government announced a new line from Haymarket to Circular Quay via Barangaroo. The final route was not decided, with the three options being to send the line north via George Street, Sussex Street or a loop using both.

When the O'Farrell Government took office in March 2011, it committed to building a line through the CBD to Barangaroo, with a preferred route along George Street. It also committed to conducting feasibility studies into the construction of lines from the City to Sydney University and the City to the University of New South Wales. On 8 December 2011, the government announced shortlisted potential routes for these extensions. In 2012, Transport for NSW decided the routes to Sydney University and Barangaroo via The Rocks provided fewer customer benefits and were considered a lower priority. A route from Circular Quay to the University of New South Wales via Central station was seen as the best option.