Circular Quay light rail station is located at

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping terminal, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern edge of the ...

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, New South Wales, Australia. It opened on 14 December 2019 as part of the first portion of the

CBD and South East Light Rail The CBD and South East Light Rail is a pair of Light rail in Sydney, light rail lines running between Sydney CBD, Sydney's central business district (CBD) and the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Austr ...

, of which it is the northern terminus.

History

On 13 December 2012, the

O'Farrell ministry The O'Farrell ministry was the 93rd ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by Barry O'Farrell, the state's 43rd Premier. The Liberal– National coalition ministry was formed following the defeat of the Keneally-led La ...

announced a commitment to build a

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line from Circular Quay down George Street to

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, then across to Moore Park and down Anzac Parade with branches to Kingsford and

Randwick Randwick is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government ar ...

. The first L2 passenger service between Circular Quay and Randwick departed just after 10:00 on 14 December 2019.

Services

Transport links

Circular Quay is also served by a heavy rail station and ferry wharves, as well as buses. The precinct serves as an interchange between these modes.

Trackplan

The station comprises one

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and one

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, with three tracks.{{cite book , author=Parsons Brinkerhoff , author-link=Parsons Brinkerhoff , title=CBD and South East Light Rail – Environmental Impact Statement , pages=5–18 to 5–57 , chapter=Chapter 5 – Part A , chapter-url=https://majorprojects.affinitylive.com/public/af988042f1463435bbe7c7ce83554acb/04%20CSELR%20EIS%20-%20Chapter%205%20-%20Part%20A.pdf The side platform is served by a

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which branches off the northern track right before the platform; the line is henceforth from the station double-tracked. Sydney Light Rail 05

Gallery

File:SLR 057, 031, Circular Quay, 2022 (03).jpg, link=, A Randwick service crosses to the out-bound track west of the terminus File:Two trams at Circular Quay light rail stop September 2020.jpg, link=, The island platform with both sides occupied File:20230805 005 arriving at Circular Quay.jpg, link=, A terminating service crossing to the southern track before the station File:Sydney Light Rail 04.jpg, The station at night

References

Light rail stations in Sydney Sydney central business district