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How to Travel Around Sydney Like a Local

All the different modes of transport at your disposal!

By Pavithra JinadasaPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Despite its numerous attractions and diverse neighbourhoods, Sydney is a simple city to navigate. The metropolitan region has a well-developed public transportation, highway, and pedestrian path system. Simply board a bus, rail, or ferry and begin exploring. Here’s a detailed guide on the public transport options available to you in Sydney!

Sydney's Public Transport Options

Locals, workers, and tourists all utilize public transportation in Australia, and Sydney is definitely no exception to this rule. You may buy an Opal card or even use your credit card with a tap-and-go capability to utilize public transportation in Sydney. The card covers buses, ferries, light rail and trains. Opal cards are available for purchase at authorized newsagents, convenience shops, post offices, and supermarkets. You can also get them at both international and domestic airport terminal stations. To use an Opal card, you must first fill it with enough money to pay for your tickets. When your balance becomes low, you may top it up at the convenience store or even at a train station. Some of the train stations and the ferry wharves also have top-up machines.

Ferries

Sydney was built for ferries, with its gleaming harbour. Circular Quay is the starting point for ferries to eight major locations across Sydney Harbour. Take the continuous F1 service to reach Manly's seaside destination. Take the uninterrupted F2 service to head to Taronga Zoo Sydney. More services to Luna Park, Darling Harbour, Barangaroo and other locations are available. Besides, you can select hotels in Sydney near Opera House for accommodation, to get around conveniently to tourist places. You can check out properties like PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney, for instance.

Trains

The City Circle is a rail system that travels around Sydney in a loop, and it makes stops at Central, Museum, Town Hall, St James, Circular Quay, Wynyard and Martin Place. This is the most convenient method of getting to the city centre. If you have found accommodation at the northern side of the bridge, you can easily travel across the Sydney Bridge to get to the lower north shore on the T1 North Shore or the Northern Line. It makes stops at Central, Town Hall, and Wynyard. Take the T4 Eastern Suburbs and the Illawarra Line from Town Hall, Central, and Martin Place train stations to Kings Cross and the Bondi Junction (the entrance to Bondi Beach). If you want to see the Blue Mountains, use the Blue Mountains railway line from Central Station.

Light Rail

There are three primary lines in Sydney's light rail system. One connects Central Station with Dulwich Hill (L1), and 2 others connect Circular Quay with Randwick (L2) and Kingsford (L3). The L1 line is the best way to go to Chinatown, Darling Harbour's International Convention Centre, Ultimo's Powerhouse Museum, Forest Lodge's Tramsheds and the Australian National Maritime Museum. To go to the central city, Sydney Cricket Ground, Surry Hills, and Royal Randwick Racecourse, you must stick to the L2 or the L3 line.

Buses

Sydney has a well-developed bus system. Many buses run between Wynyard and the Circular Quay, as well as to many other beaches, suburbs, and regional parts of Sydney. Take the 380 or 333 to get to Bondi Beach and even if you want to head to the eastern suburbs. Select bus services, 308, 355, 352, M10, M30 428, 426, 422, 412 to explore the chic inner city or inner west areas of Newtown, Marrickville, Surry Hills, and Alexandria from the centre of the city. Regional bus services operating from Eddy Avenue right in front of Central Station run to the Blue Mountains and down the coastline to many other Australian cities and towns. You may also take a Big Bus Tour, which takes you around Sydney. It will take you to thirty-three different locations across Sydney and will leave from Circular Quay approximately every 20 to 30 minutes. Buy a ticket in early and select between a one or two-day validity period to go about Sydney and see places like Kings Cross, The Rocks, Barangaroo, and Bondi Beach.

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