Sydney is not only home to the Harbor Bridge, the Opera House and what is probably the world’s most beautiful waterfront city, it also boasts a monorail The monorail links the entertainment districts of Darling Harbor and China town with the shopping and business precincts of the city. The loop is elevated above the city streets offering a great way to get around and a different perspective on this amazing city. The monorail is ran by the city’s Metro Transport and operates from around 7 am until 10 pm in the evening. There are eight stops along the 12 minute loop and a monorail usually comes past each station within about five minutes. The monorail system commenced operation in 1988 in what at the time was a fairly controversial project, but over the 20 plus years of service the monorail has become a familiar and much loved form of transport around Australia’ s largest city taking thousands of passengers every day.
Update: The Sydney monorail closed in June 2013 and the 22 carriages were sold off to many private owners as well as the Sydney Electric Train Society, The Powerhouse Museum, The National Transport Museum and Google. Google is using their set of cars for meeting rooms at their sydney offices while the groups plan to put theirs on display in the future. The track was removed from the city while many of the unused stations remain in place as of 2020.
