The New South Wales Government has announced a light rail line from Westmead to Homebush via Parramatta as well as another light rail line to Carlingford.
NSW Premier Mike Baird said the new lines would create more jobs in western Sydney.
"We are bringing the light rail revolution here to Parramatta, here to western Sydney," he said.
"We're also announcing a significant move of jobs from the CBD to the centre of Sydney, and certainly, Parramatta is the centre of the city."
The NSW Government had been considering four shortlisted routes for the light rail for more than a year.
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the two new light rail lines would open up more of western Sydney.
"It's very pleasing to announce a network and not a route," he said.
"From Westmead Hospital to the Sydney Olympic Stadium, this is a win for everybody.
"Light rail can move 10,000 passengers per hour. We have the benefit of linking it to the hospital, through the CBD, to Parramatta and of course to other major development precincts along the route."
Mr Constance said community groups in both areas had advocated for light rail.
The new light rail line at Olympic Park
PHOTO An artist's impression of the new light rail line at Olympic Park.
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"We did assess four particular routes and it's very pleasing, given the advocacy that we've seen for both the Carlingford Line and the Sydney Olympic Park Strathfield line, that we're able to implicate both of the groups that have been advocating in this regard.
"We're going to see a major build happen very quickly."
Mr Baird said the new light rail project would be of great benefit to western Sydney residents.
"Today is a fantastic day for the people of western Sydney, for the people of Parramatta," he said.
"We are bringing the light rail revolution that is going across this great state, here to Parramatta, here to western Sydney."
Mr Baird also announced all 1,800 Education Department jobs would be moved from the city to Parramatta by 2020.
The western Sydney director for the Sydney Business Chamber David Borger said it was all good news.
"What the light rail announcement today really does is says 'look, there is an eight kilometre precinct between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead so this is the area where you might get some of these so-called knowledge jobs in the future'," Mr Borger said.
"So if we can connect these jobs with public transport it's really a way of supercharging employment growth."
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From other news sites:
The Sydney Morning Herald: Premier Mike Baird to announce light rail from Parramatta to Sydney Olympic Park
The Daily Telegraph: Western Sydney light rail project worth more than $2b to be announced
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几个月前我就说了 Caringford会通轻轨 这下终于announce了
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房价要涨。。。。。
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that's good. invest stamp duties back to the communities.
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从哪到哪？
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具体线路图有吗？
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不接epping没大用
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这种 tram 有个娘用哦，还得占公路抢交通，你倒是把它架起来啊。
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几十年的冷饭又拿出来炒。
还是要接epping才是王道啊。parramatta - chatswood这条线我这辈子还能看见通车吗？
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鸡肋啊。。。carlingford本来去parramatta就很方便了 pennant hill road 开车10分钟可以到
坐轻轨开一大圈估计要25分钟不止吧
造的轻轨没错 但朝向错了。。。。要朝epping啊
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这图不是我画的 也不是Ps的
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都确认造Parramatta到carlingford这条line了，通epping也就是时间问题，州长卖个关子，不一次说出来而已
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我觉得可以
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州长要跟空军对着干啊
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不一定哦，parramatta到carlingford是利用现有的铁轨，到epping，就要重新造了，如果有这个实力，早就动工了，大家都看出来carlingford的交通问题。
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Carlingford 的house 还要升值？
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错了 carlingford 到 epping 是有预留的火车线的，轻轨到Chatswood过epping是要新造
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预留的火车线？在哪里？chatswood到epping不是已经有了吗
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地图上一看，Epping就是大中心啊
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在哪里能看到？
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把carlingford到epping这段建好，不就又形成了一条环线吗
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说了几十年了还在说
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不明白
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就是把原来的单轨铁路变成轻轨是吗
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