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Right side of the tracks: Land values boom in light rail corridor

The ACT Government has released a report 12 months after the commencement of light rail services, showing land values have increased within the light rail corridor.

Trams run near empty as light rail turns one

It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole calendar year since Light Rail Stage 1’s maiden voyage departed the city station on Easter Saturday 2019.

Defibrillator donation to help save lives

Canberra’s light rail fleet now has a defibrillator on all of its vehicles thanks to a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin. The funding of nearly $60,000 for the initiative was...

Light rail stage 2A to run wire-free

Stage 2A of the Canberra light rail network will run wire-free from the Alinga Street station to Commonwealth Park. ACT Transport Minister Chris Steel confirmed the first stage of light rail to Woden would add 1.7km...

Light rail service changes for maintenance work

Maintenance works along sections of the light rail track have commenced, with changes to services to affect travellers from Sunday 26 January to Thursday 30 January. Night works are expected to start from...

Two stages before light rail reaches Woden

The ACT Government has announced that getting light rail from the City to Woden will now happen in two stages, with the first stage to take commuters from the City to Commonwealth...

All aboard! Light rail officially launched

After just under three years of construction, Canberra’s light rail system is officially up and running. The community celebrated with a launch party on Saturday 20 April, with around 25,000 people taking...

Ticket to ride

Want the chance to be one of the first to take a ride on Canberra’s new light rail? The ACT Government is offering Canberrans the chance to win one of 150 double passes...

Pill testing, light rail on the cards for GTM

Tickets for this year’s Groovin the Moo(GTM) music festival went on sale last week for shows around the country, amid the nationwide pill-testing debate. With a spate of drug-related deaths at NSW music...

Government wants Canberrans out of their cars

While Canberra’s reliance on private transport – 2016 Census data shows over 80% of journeys to work are made by private vehicle in the ACT – exists for numerous reasons, it’s largely...

Light rail fares in line with buses

Ticket prices for the light rail service, due to begin in 2019, have been released. Canberrans travelling on bus or light rail will pay the same fare, in a move designed to...

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