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Sydney's monorail

Inner West Light Rail

Monorail

Monorail station, Citibank project and School of Arts building: 275-293 Pitt Street January 2000

Passengers queue to get a ticket for the Sydney Monorail on a hot day in January 2 January 2009

Sydney Monorail 6 September 2009

Last days of the monorail May 2013

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Light rail

Sydney's monorail

Sydney's monorail was opposed from the moment its construction was announced. Derided as an eyesore and an ineffective solution for Sydney's growing transport needs, the passing of the monorail attracted over 1500 passengers for its final journey in July 2013. We explore the history of the monorail Sydney-siders loved to hate.

Inner West Light Rail

Light rail service that runs from Central to Dulwich Hill via Pyrmont and Glebe. The first part of the line to Wentworth Park opened in 1997, with the extension to Lilyfield in 2000 and to Dulwich Hill in 2014. Much of the line runs along the corridor of the former Metropolitan Goods railway line between Darling Harbour and Dulwich Hill, as well as a former tram loop at Central.

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Monorail

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Single loop, elevated monorail connecting Darling Harbour and Sydney's central business district. Always a controversial structure, in 2013 it was finally demolished and the structure removed to allow expansion of the entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour.