Macquarie Metro

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Macquarie Metro
Macquarie Central Station
Overview
Owner	Government of Macquarie as TransLink Macquarie
Area served	Greater Macquarie
Transit type	Suburban rail
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	82 8 more U/C
Daily ridership	150,000 (2021-2022)
Annual ridership	50,000,000 (2021-2022)
Operation
Began operation	October 10, 1858 (1858-10-10) (First steam train)
Operator(s)	Macquarie Metro
Rolling stock	X'Trapolis Duplex 1.0
Number of vehicles	1
Headway	Line dependant
Technical
System length	000 kilometres (0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Average speed	80 km/h (50 mph) (fastest average) 40 km/h (25 mph) (slowest average)
Top speed	121 km/h (75 mph)
Macquarie Metro network

Macquarie Metro is the operating body of Macquarie's suburban railway network consists, and consists of four lines operated by TransLink Macquarie, a government-owned subsidy as the network was returned to public ownership in 2010. The network consists of 4 lines and 82 stations. Centred around Macquarie Central Station, where all the lines converge, the network covers the entire Macquarie Peninsula as well as Clarke Island to the south, crossing the Moa Strait on the city's famed Clarke Island Bridge. NDLoop connects to three stations on the network: Macquarie Central Station, the city's Airport, and Silverstream, although the later two are bypassed on express routes. Multiple regional lines also connect at Macquarie Central and a few other major interchange stations in the network, allowing for seamless connections into regional Moanarua and other surrounding cities, notably Tasbury, Ōpōtiki and Newcastle.

The first steam train in the city commenced service in 1858 from Macquarie Central and Clarke Central, with the metropolitan rail network having grown over the last two centuries to cover much of the city and the greater Macquarie area. The metropolitan network is a suburban rail system designed to transport passengers from Macquarie's suburbs into the Macquarie central business district (CBD), with the main hub at Macquarie Central Station, which acts as the main interchange station between metropolitan and regional services. A new extension to the Clarke Island line is currently under construction as part of the city's urban expansion plans, which aims to release stress on the Peninusla and open up new land for urban development. The network was entirely electrified by 2010 as older diesel railcars were scrapped and recycled to make way for the new electric rolling stock.

Rolling stock

The current rolling stock consists of British Bombardier Transportation trains, the Class 710, Class 378 and Class 321 trains, although they were all built in New Duveland at a manufacturing plants in the outer suburb of Silverstream, as well as in Ōpōtiki, Moanarua.

Passenger trains

Type	Image	Type	Top speed (km/h)	Built	Number
Class 710		EMU	120	2017–2020	40 5-car sets
Class 378			160	2008–2011	20 5-car sets
Class 321			160	1988–1991	20 4-car sets

Services and lines

Lines

3/4 of the network's lines terminate at Macquarie Central, as well as various regional & NDLoop lines.

Class 710s and Class 378 together at Battery Bay's holding ground.

The extension of the Clarke Island line has encouraged the urbanisation of the island.

An Eastern Line Class 321 leaving Macquarie Central, with a express NDLoop Class 390 Pendolinos seen in the background.

•  Eastern Line 
  • Connect the city's south-eastern suburbs to Macquarie Central Station and the city's international airport
  • Has NDLoop connections at Macquarie Central Station, Airport, and Silverstream, although the later two are bypassed on express routes.
  • Terminates underground at Macquarie Central, and opened at the same time as the NDLoop lines, making use of parallel tunnels in the network. The line heads east through the the inner-eastern suburbs before intersecting the regional lines and the Central Line at Macquarie Airport. Continuing south-east before following the southern coast again, it then terminates at Silverstream, a satellite suburb of Macquarie that lies directly east of the border with Moanarua.

•  Central Line 
  • Serves the city's southern, central and northern suburbs
  • Has NDLoop connections at Macquarie Central Station, and at the Airport, although the later is bypassed on express routes.
  • Terminating at Macquarie Central where is has connections to all other lines in the network, the line heads south alongside the Clarke Island & Peninsula lines, before heading east and diverging from the Peninusla line after Makara Junction. Heading east, the line runs on the same track as the Clarke Island line until Clarke Central, where it heads north-east towards the airport interchange station, connecting it back to the NDLoop network as well as the Eastern line. Heading north, it crosses the hilly interior of the Macquarie Peninsula, to pop out on the north coast and interchange with the Peninsula line again at Lee River, where it is elevated over the ground tracks of said line. It continues north until reaching it's northern terminus, Panga Point.

•  Clarke Island Line 
  • Serves the city's central and inner southern suburbs, as well as those on Clarke Island.
  • Connects to all other lines at Macquarie Central, as well as regional inter-province lines and the NDLoop network.
  • The line is the only one in the network that passes through Macquarie Central, to it's northern terminus at an underground Modder Valley. From Macquarie Central, the line heads south alongside the Peninusla and Central line where they are all on separate tracks. Until the Peninsula line diverges after Makara Junction, the line then shares the same track at the Central Line eastwards until reaching Clarke Central. The line heads south and crosses the Moa Strait that separates Clarke Island from the mainland, on the Clarke Island Bridge. This section is the newest in the network, with the line continuously being extended until it's planned terminus at Maclaines. Currently the line terminates at Moriarti Bay, but 8 further stations are currently planned on the island, with early works already starting in 2024. This line is to encourage growth on the island away from the peninsula, where there is limited space.

•  Peninsula Line 
  • Serves the city's western and northern suburbs along the coast of the Macquarie Peninsula
  • Connects to all other lines at Macquarie Central, as well as regional inter-province lines and the NDLoop network.
  • Terminates at Macquarie Central, and continues south alongside the Central and Clarke Island lines until it diverges after Makara Junction. The line heads west, and then north to circumnavigate the western and northern coasts. It's only major interchange outside the inner city is at Lee River, where it connect to the elevated portion of the Central Line, before continuing east to it's eastern terminus at Vansittart. Regional trains continue past this stop, onwards to Port Williams, Ōpōtiki and Raupunga.