日本无限资源_福禄影院午夜伦_美国av毛片_亚洲自拍在线观看_激情亚洲一区国产精品_999久久久久

Feature: 1st light rail in Australian capital on track for public operation

Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-18 18:04:26|Editor: Xiaoxia
Video PlayerClose
AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-LIGHT RAIL-TRIAL?

Journalists and some chosen citizens wait to take the first ride of the light rail at the station of Gungahlin Place in Canberra, Australia, April 18, 2019. The long-awaited light rail in Australia's capital Canberra will be open to public on Saturday. Linking Gungahlin Place in the north and Alinga Street in the city center, the route stretches about 12 km, with 13 stops. The ride takes 24 minutes. (Xinhua/Zhang Xinxin)

CANBERRA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The long-awaited light rail in Australia's capital Canberra will be open to public on Saturday.

Linking Gungahlin Place in the north and Alinga Street in the city center, the route stretches about 12 km, with 13 stops. The ride takes 24 minutes.

"It is a very very exciting day," Andrew Barr, chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), told Xinhua on Thursday. "People have been looking forward to the opening of light rail for some time."

"It will make a big difference to the fastest-growing area of Canberra to be able to transport thousands of people into our city center each day," he said.

Minister for Transport in the ACT government Meegan Fitzharris said "this is the biggest change to public transport since our city was founded... The passenger experience will keep getting better as drivers get used to taking passengers and journey times and frequency continue to improve."

Media in Canberra and some lucky citizens were invited on Thursday for the first ride. Large crowd waited at the terminus of Gungahlin Place, taking photos while waiting for the train.

Wally Bell, a Ngunawal elder, welcomed the first ride with aboriginal ritual. "It is beneficial for people from Gungahlin down to the city," he said.

Sitting on the train, Megan Whittle's four-year-old daughter looked out of the window attentively, while her younger kid, one year old, enjoyed the ride quietly.

"We simply entered the ballot and put our details in," Whittle told Xinhua. She was among the 150 chosen for the first ride out of thousands of entries. "So we are really very lucky. My daughter is excited all week."

She said that it was a lovely vehicle. "Lovely and comfortable, with lots of big windows for the kids to see outside. Nice travel experience."

Talking about the benefit of the light rail, Whittle believed it is useful for people living close to the route. "It seems a much faster way to get between one terminus and another," she said.

Andrew Barr said the next stage proposed for the light rail project is to continue southward into the parliamentary crescent and then to Woden in the south of Canberra city.

Construction of Canberra light rail started in July 2016, and testing of light rail vehicles on the track commenced in June 2018. According to information on the ACT government website, every week the light rail vehicles will complete 1,494 trips of alignment, travelling almost 18,000 km which is more than a full trip around Australia.

People in Canberra are encouraged to try the light rail by local government, as the new public transport network kicks off a month of free travel for anyone with local transportation card from April 29.

   1 2 3 4 5 Next  

KEY WORDS:
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001379880281
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产在线拍偷自揄拍精品 | 精品人妻AV区波多野结衣 | 亚洲成熟人网站 | 久久亚洲热线2020精品 | 久久不见久久见免费影院WWW日本 | 91骚片| 毛片a久久99亚洲欧美毛片 | 少妇做爰免费视频网站裸体艺术 | 日本三级福利片 | 成人h免费观看视频 | 成人精品一区 | 国产成人精品日本亚洲网站 | 日本黄色高清视频 | 日韩人妻无码中文字幕视频 | 九九国产精品无码免费视频 | 国产成人无码A在线观看不卡 | 成人做爰视频 | avtom影院永久入口满18 | 国产超精品无码不卡AV | 250pp亚洲情艺中心在线 | 仙踪林久久久久久久999 | 7m视频成人精品分类 | 囯产av无码片毛片一级 | 亚洲午夜精品一区二区三区四区 | 99久久国产精品一区二区三区 | 日韩中文久久 | 日韩精品一区二区三区水蜜桃 | 四虎影视黄色 | 国产黄色一级大片 | 欧美黄色片网站 | 国产a一区二区 | 一区二区免费视频中文乱码 | 国内精品美女A∨在线播放 国产做a爱一级久久 | 亚洲天堂中文字幕在线观看 | 婷婷午夜激情网 | 亚洲国产第一区 | 720lu国产刺激在线观看 | 五月综合网亚洲乱妇久久 | 日本私人网站在线观看 | 一级做a爰片欧美激情床 | 欧美黑人XXXⅩ高潮交 |