AUSTRALIA tram extension , a network of trams throughout the city – AdeLINK – is proposed .
The State Government has just announced a $ 4m business case will be developed , with the aim of encouraging both the Federal Government and local councils to partner in delivering this ambitious project .
The AdeLINK tram network is part of an integrated approach to the transport networks vital to a sprawling city such as Adelaide , which is why the Government has also been focused on upgrading our three most popular transport services .
A $ 291 million rail electrification and extension to Seaford opened in February 2014 , increasing patronage from the sprawling southern suburbs by almost 80 percent .
Recently an $ 85.5 million , 620-metre extension of the electrified Tonsley line , connecting to the Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University was announced , with a tender call expected soon .
The $ 152 million electrification
of the Gawler line to the northern suburbs is on the books to start in the 2017 / 18 financial year .
In the meantime work has started on the $ 160 million O-Bahn City Access Project , which will see a tunnel constructed under Adelaide ’ s nationally heritage-listed parklands , vastly improving travel times and reliability for the city ’ s most popular public transport network - the O-Bahn guided busway – while also greatly improving road traffic flows .
Improvement the movement of traffic across the vast city of Adelaide is the primary purpose of
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