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City Circle

lines of Sydney CityRail
	City Circle
Metropolitan services
	East Hills and Airport
	South
	Bankstown
	Inner West
	Illawarra
	North Shore
	Western line
	Northern
	Cumberland line
	Olympic Park line
Intercity services
	Southern Highlands
	South Coast
	Blue Mountains
	Newcastle and Central Coast
	Hunter Valley
List of Sydney railway stations

The City Circle is a system of underground railway lines located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that make up the heart of the Sydney underground metropolitan railway network, owned and operated by CityRail, a subsidiary of StateRail, a New South Wales government agency.

Constructed in the 1920s under the supervision of John Bradfield, the constituent stations of the Circle are (clockwise): Central, Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St. James, Museum, back to Central.

Circular Quay was not one of the original stations on the circle. It was added later in 1956, and it has one of the best views of Sydney.

A second underground line that branches off Town Hall Station provides train services to Martin Place, Kings Cross and Edgecliff, terminating at Bondi Junction.

In the year 2000, a new privately-owned (and expensive) underground line, the Airport Link was opened, providing regular train services from the Circle to the Sydney Airport, with stations at Domestic and International Airports, Green Square and Mascot. An interchange station is available at Wolli Creek.

Several unused railway tunnels also exist.

External links

• CityRail Network site
• City of Sydney webpage about City Circle

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