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Public transport in Sydney is provided by an extensive network of operating modes including commuter rail, light rail buses and ferries. According to the 2006 census, in terms of travel to work or study Sydney has the highest rate of public transport usage among the Australian capital cities of 26.3% with more than 80% of weekday trips to/from Central Sydney being made by public transport. According to the New South Wales State Plan, the state has Australia's largest public transport system. The network is regulated by Transport for NSW, which is working towards an integrated network serving Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and the Illawarra.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sydney Light Rail Program )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transport in Sydney )〕 Sydney's early urban sprawl can be traced in part to the development of its passenger rail network.〔Forster, Clive 1996 ''Australian Cities: Continuity and Change''. Oxford University Press〕 The first rail services began in 1855, 67 years after the settlement's foundation and a tram network which began in 1861 became the Southern Hemisphere's largest by the 1920s. This rail infrastructure allowed working-class suburbs to develop at a large distance from the city centre.〔 Rapid transit is a forthcoming transport service in Sydney, with an estimated completion date around 2019–2020. ==Ticketing== In April 2010 the NSW Government introduced MyZone, a standardised fare structure, to simplify the previously complex fares. Government-run bus, train and ferry operators share an inter-operator Automated Fare Collection System, based on magnetic stripe technology. (詳細はIndependent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales. Operators must demonstrate value to passengers before IPART will allow fare increases above the level of inflation. In practice, this has kept fares artificially low, costing the NSW Government more to provide services. The perceived need for higher fares was a key theme in the 2003 Ministerial inquiry into sustainable public transport in New South Wales. As of January 2009, Sydney public transport prices were slightly higher than in other mainland cities. 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「Public transport in Sydney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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