Light rail in Canberra

Canberra Metro
An Urbos 3 departing Alinga Street
Overview
Locale	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	14 (3 under construction)
Annual ridership	3,165,958 (2022)[1]
Chief executive	Glenn Stockton
Headquarters	Mitchell
Website	cmet.com.au
Operation
Began operation	20 April 2019
Operator(s)	Canberra Metro Operations (CMET)
Number of vehicles	14 CAF Urbos 3 trams
Train length	32.96 m (108.1 ft)
Headway	6-15 minutes
Technical
System length	12 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC overhead catenary
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
System map Gungahlin Place Manning Clark North Mapleton Avenue Nullarbor Avenue Well Station Drive Sandford Street Mitchell Depot Sullivans Creek EPIC and Racecourse Phillip Avenue Swinden Street Dickson Interchange Macarthur Avenue Ipima Street Elouera Street Alinga Street This diagram: view talk edit

The Canberra light rail network, also known as Canberra Metro, is a light rail system serving the city of Canberra, Australia. The initial 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) line links the northern town centre of Gungahlin to the city centre (Civic) and has 14 stops. Services commenced on 20 April 2019. The 14th stop at Sandford Street in Mitchell commenced operation in September 2021.^[2]

An extension of the line south to the Woden Town Centre is currently being planned. Early works on the extension (Stage 2A to Commonwealth Park) are set to commence after works to raise London Circuit are complete.^[3] Planning of the remainder of the extension (Stage 2B to Woden) will continue while construction of Stage 2A is underway.^[4]