Let's talk Light Rail Revival! Sydney Light Rail review (Alstom Citadis 305)

NOTE: This review was filmed in April 2021. For those of you currently in Sydney/Central Coast/Blue Mountains and Wollongong, stay safe and look after yourselves! Don't forget to pop on a mask, wash your hands and keep your distance...and wait until lockdown ends before popping onboard to try a Tram for yourself (unless it's an essential journey).

For today's transport review, it's time to talk trams again! This review is dual-purpose, as not only am I taking a ride onboard Sydney's latest trams, I am also talking a little bit about 'light rail revial', as trams have been making a comeback in Australia since the mid 1990's.

So come and join me for a look at the new network and a little bit of commentary on why the light rail comeback is a good thing!

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(Adelaide Bombardier Tram) Stephen Michael Barnett from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
(Canberra Tram) Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 AU https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Adelaide H class, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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(Sydney L1 line tram) David Maciulaitis from Auckland, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

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(Sydney tram 1920) State Library of New South Wales collection, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons

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(Melbourne W6 Tram) Dysprosia, BSD http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-li..., via Wikimedia Commons

(Leyland Titan) By sv1ambo - 1936 Leyland Titan double decker bus, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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