Extend Parramatta Light Rail to Lidcombe and Strathfield

06/05/2026

The new re-routed 525 bus connecting Newington to Lidcombe is welcome but Light Rail is needed in the long term!

Passengers affected by the former Liberal government’s decision to axe the popular M52 bus route will have their direct connection to the city restored with a more frequent 24-hour route 52 service recommencing from June 21.

30/01/2026

The State Government will now split the second stage of the Parramatta Light Rail into two parts.

Stage 2 was originally considered one project but will now be split as Stage 2a and Stage 2b.

Stage 2a includes the section between Sandown Boulevard in Camellia and Footbridge Boulevard in Wentworth Point.

The government will commence main construction works on this section in early 2027, just before the State Election.

Stage 2b includes the section from Footbridge Boulevard to Carter Street at Sydney Olympic Park.

The State Government will now split the second stage of the Parramatta Light Rail into two parts.

02/12/2025

This is why it's so hard to get improvements to public and active transport: all the infrastructure provided to cater for cars is so expensive.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/200m-fix-for-sydney-s-worst-roundabout-to-start-in-2027-20251202-p5nk1p.html

12/09/2025

EcoTransit Proposed Future Sydney Rail Network (April 2021) Sydney Metropolitan Public Transport – Spider Web Network by EcoTransit Sydney’s Rail Network is basically a series of radial lines from the Sydney CBD to the north, south west and the one line east to Bondi Junction. This is fine if yo...

04/05/2025

We need to take public transport seriously. Trams are not blocking traffic. Rather trams have higher capacity and are held up more often by a single occupant private vehicle!

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06/04/2025

Glad to see Strathfield Council Mayor John-Paul Baladi proposing more public transport. We hope that light rail which has capacity to carry more passengers than buses will be seriously considered and form a core part of future transport services for the Flemington, Homebush, and Strathfield area.

03/08/2024

We would love to work with ALTRAC to see Parramatta Light Rail extended to Strathfield and along Parramatta Road to Central/Green Square!

16/07/2024

Parramatta Road needs Light Rail to support increased housing growth and to reduce traffic congestion. Please include in your submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure of the need to work with Transport for NSW to extend Parramatta Light Rail to Strathfield Staton.

The draft Homebush TRANSPORT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT Rezoning Proposal is now available for public exhibition until 5pm Friday 16 August 2024.

https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/draftplans/exhibition/homebush-tod-rezoning-proposal

Jason Yat-sen Li MP

Homebush has been identified as an accelerated precinct under the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) Program. As part of the TOD program, the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has reviewed the current planning controls for the Homebush precinct to determine areas of the precinct s...

08/07/2024

Key Findings
1. Our car-centric transport system is polluting our cities and our climate. It has left many of us in the lurch when it comes to alternatives, with only half of the 15 million Australians living in our five biggest cities having access to frequent, all-day public transport.

2. Too many people living in Australia’s largest capital cities lack access to convenient, frequent and reliable public transport, so they are stuck relying on expensive and polluting private cars.

3. With the right infrastructure and services in place, we can make shared and active transport more attractive for more Australians, cut climate pollution further and faster this decade, and create safer, cleaner streets.

Our car-centric transport system leaves too many Aussies with little choice in how to get around. We can change this by stepping up the availability, frequency and reliability of shared and active transport.