By 2026, around 22,000 people are expected to use the Parramatta light rail every day, with an estimated 130,000 people living within walking distance of the 16 stops.

By 2026, around 22,000 people are expected to use the Parramatta light rail every day, with an estimated 130,000 people living within walking distance of the 16 stops.

The 1,500 sandbags packed inside a light rail tram in Parramatta in the city's west were being used to simulate the equivalent weight of 400 passengers – a full tram.

The tram-doors of the Parramatta Light Rail are set to finally be thrown open to western Sydney passengers by the end of August, with testing on the project almost a fifth of the way through.

The first stage of Parramatta’s new light-rail project has finally received regulatory approval to carry passengers, clearing the way for services to begin along the 12-kilometre line shortly.

The five-year delay of the Parramatta light rail second’s stage has been slammed after it was revealed it would not begin operating until 2031.

Construction of stage two of the Parramatta light rail is on track to begin next year with $200 million to be allocated towards the project in Tuesday’s budget.

The second stage of the Parramatta light rail is on track but frustrations are growing over the long delay for the project’s start date. Read the list of stops proposed. “A five-year delay for ...

Construction of stage two of the Parramatta light rail is on track to begin next year with $200 million to be allocated towards the project in Tuesday’s budget. Read Today's Paper Tributes.

The tram-doors of the Parramatta Light Rail are set to finally be thrown open to western Sydney passengers by the end of August, with testing on the project almost a fifth of the way through.