CityRail is an operating division of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter, 'intercity' and regional rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is also the name of the network on which the services run.
Construction of what is now the CityRail network began in 1855. To...
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CityRail is an operating division of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter, 'intercity' and regional rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is also the name of the network on which the services run.
Construction of what is now the CityRail network began in 1855. Today it consists of 305 stations and over 2,060 km (1,280 mi) of track, extending to the upper Hunter Valley and the Shoalhaven area. Four new lines are now in various stages of planning and construction. CityRail and the state's Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation are currently engaged in a process of "sectorisation", a project called "Rail Clearways", in an effort to reduce its operational complexity.
Established under the Transport Administration Act (NSW) 1988 around 1990, CityRail is a "product group" of Rail Corporation New...
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