Alinga Street light rail station is the terminus of the Canberra Metro R1 light rail line. It opened on 20 April 2019. As the main connection point for bus services to Canberra's southern districts as well as to

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, Alinga Street is by far the busiest station on the route, with 37% of all light rail passengers beginning or ending a journey here in the first 10 months of operation. Alinga street is laid out with two side platforms. This configuration will allow through-running once construction of future lines to

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is complete. Currently only the western platform is used outside of peak times, although a

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to switch light rail vehicles between tracks allows both to be used simultaneously when demand requires. The station is located immediately adjacent to both

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, providing a convenient transfer to

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bus services throughout Canberra as well as some regional services, and the

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for connection to interstate coach services.

Light rail services

As the terminus of the line, most light rail services either originate from or terminate at Alinga Street. Most outbound services continue to

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{{Canberra public transport, state=collapsed Light rail stations in Canberra Railway stations in Australia opened in 2019