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The Sydney Monorail (originally TNT Harbourlink and later Metro Monorail) was a single-loop monorail in Sydney, Australia, that connected Darling Harbour, Chinatown and the Sydney central business and shopping districts. It opened in July 1988 and closed in June 2013.〔(Last stop for Sydney Monorail ) ''Daily Telegraph'' 23 March 2012〕 There were eight stations on the 3.6 kilometre loop, with up to four trains operating simultaneously. It served major attractions and facilities such as the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The system was operated by Veolia. ==History== Sydney Monorail was initially conceived in the late 1980s as part of the redevelopment of of land at Darling Harbour, providing a passenger link with the Sydney CBD. Initially operated by TNT Harbourlink, the monorail opened on 21 July 1988 after a construction period of 26 months. The first test services ran in October 1987 on a 500-metre section at Darling Harbour.〔"Monorail's First Tests" ''Railway Digest'' December 1987 page 389〕 TNT Harbourlink was awarded a 50-year concession until 2038.〔(Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 Inner West Extension ) Transport NSW July 2010〕 The original operation hours were to be 06:00 to midnight, but after two years of operation patronage counts were half those expected, and planned stations at Market Street (to be named Casino, as part of the gaming venue planned to be built on the site) and Harbour Street (to be named Gardenside) were not built for some time.〔 In August 1998 TNT sold the monorail to CGEA Transport Sydney, which was owned by CGEA Transport (later renamed Connex, then Veolia) (51%), Australian Infrastructure Fund (19%), Utilities Trust of Australia (19%) and Legal & General (11%).〔(Stock Exchange Announcement ) Australian Infrastructure Fund 11 August 1998〕〔(Non-core business ) TNT Annual Report 1998〕 The Government of New South Wales bought both the monorail and the light rail service from Metro Transport Sydney on 23 March 2012 to enable it to extend the light rail system without having to negotiate with the private owners, and to remove the monorail from the area near Haymarket required for the expanded Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The monorail ceased operating on 30 June 2013 and all sections of track and some of the stations have been dismantled.〔("Monorail Removal Project Transport for NSW" )〕 Two carriages and 10 metres of track have been preserved at the Powerhouse Museum.〔("Sydney's monorail hands $70,000 to sick children as parting gift to city" ) ''Daily Telegraph'' 8 July 2013〕〔("Farewell to Sydney’s Monorail" ) ''Powerhouse Museum'' 1 July 2013〕 Two carriages are being used as meeting rooms in Google's Pyrmont offices.〔("Sydney Monorail becomes Google office space" ) ''Special Broadcasting Service'' 9 October 2013〕〔(Paul Cowan's Google+ post ) Google〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Monorail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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