Sydney Trains
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Sydney Trains is the operator and brand name of the train network serving the Greater Sydney metropolitan area in New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers 369 km (229 mi) of route length over 813 km (505 mi) of track, with 170 stations on eight lines.[1]
Sydney Trains | |||
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Overview | |||
Owner | Transport for NSW | ||
Locale | Greater Sydney | ||
Transit type | Suburban rail | ||
Number of lines | 8 | ||
Number of stations | 170 | ||
Annual ridership | 288.3 million (FY 2022–2023) | ||
Chief executive | Matt Longland | ||
Website | Transport for NSW: Sydney Trains | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 1 July 2013; 10 years ago (2013-07-01) | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 369 km (229 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
Electrification | 1,500 V DC from overhead catenary | ||
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It has metro-equivalent train frequencies of every three minutes or better in the underground core, 5–10 minutes off-peak at most inner-city and major stations and 15 minutes off-peak at most minor stations. During the weekday peak, train services are more frequent.
The network is managed by Transport for NSW and is part of its Opal ticketing system. In 2018–19, 377.1 million passenger journeys were made on the network, making it the most-used rail network in Australia.