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In dead of night, Canberra's light rail vehicle emerges for testing
People driving down Flemington Road in the early hours of Tuesday morning caught a glimpse of the first light rail vehicle to hit the tracks, ahead of testing with energised wires.
At 5km/h, the tram was dragged from its Mitchell depot minutes before midnight towards Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin.
Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris and Canberra Metro chief executive Glenn Stockton were among those waiting out in the cold for several hours for the light rail vehicle to emerge...
Commuters next to light rail route more likely to travel to Civic
Most Canberrans who live in suburbs next to the future light rail are commuting to work to suburbs along the route, new data shows.
Commuter data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics gathered as part of the 2016 census revealed residents living near the route are more likely to commute to Civic or other areas around Gungahlin and the inner north than other parts of Canberra.
With the exception of Civic itself, residents in every suburb along the light right rail had more commuters travel to Canberra's centre than anywhere else.
The data was based on commuter habits on August 9, 2016, one month after construction first started on the transport project...