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The North-West T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. T-way is short for rapid bus transitway. The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at Burns interchange in Parklea. For the most part, stops are named for the streets they are located upon. The T-way was approved in February 2004 and the Merriville to Parramatta section opened on 10 March 2007. Sanctuary and Rouse Hill opened on 25 September 2007 upon the opening of the Rouse Hill Town Centre development.〔ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, (Hillsbus Service Update: Routes T63, T64, T65 and 610" ), 25 September 2007. Accessed 26 September 2007.〕 The final section, the Blacktown to Parklea branch, opened 4 November 2007. The T-way is the second in Sydney: the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way has operated since February 2003. ==Design and construction== The T-way was a joint venture between the New South Wales Ministry of Transport and the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales. The A$330 million contract to design, built and maintain until 2017 was awarded to Leighton Contractors in 2005.〔()〕〔()〕 The project was approved in February 2004 and construction began in mid-2005. Construction is expected to take just over two years and cost $524 million. According to a report in the ''Sydney Morning Herald'', many of the costly design mistakes made in the development of the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way have been avoided on the North-West T-way.〔Baker, Jordan. 'Transport's vision splendid running at only half capacity'. ''Sydney Morning Herald.'' 25 Aug 2006 ()〕 The 24-kilometre-long T-way includes:〔(Leighton Holdings A$323 million contract )〕 *21 km of bus-only roads connecting to 3 km of bus lanes on existing roads *30 bus stations *10 new bridges *2 new underpass *20 km of off-road cycleway 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「North-West T-way」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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