T-way or a transitway is a bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 line in the western suburbs of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

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T-ways were conceived as an alternative to commuter railway services because of the lower cost and higher flexibility that they offer. T-ways can be constructed without the need for a dedicated corridor or tunnel. Buses can join and leave the T-way along the route, giving the T-way a wider feeder area than rail.

T-ways are bus-only roads where undeveloped railway and motorway corridors are available, and bus-only lanes on existing roads.

The NSW Government

Government of New South Wales

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 advocated T-ways in order to meet the growing public transport needs of Western Sydney

Western Sydney

Western Sydney is a major region of Sydney, Australia. It has a number of different definitions but one consistently used is the region composed of the 11 councils which until recently were all members of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils:* Auburn Council* Bankstown City Council*...

 in a planning document called Action for Transport 2010. The plan called for 90-kilometre-long bus rapid transit network linking a number of major centres west of Strathfield

Strathfield, New South Wales

Strathfield is an Inner West suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Strathfield is located 14 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Municipality of Strathfield...

. To date, only two T-ways have been completed Liverpool-Parramatta

Liverpool-Parramatta T-way

The Liverpool-Parramatta T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. "T-way" is short for rapid bus transitway.- Route and services :...

 & North-West T-Way

North-West T-way

The North-West T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. T-way is short for rapid bus transitway.The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at...

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T-ways can be used only by rapid bus services, selected local bus services and emergency vehicles. Other motorists using a bus lane (except to turn or overtake) can be fined. Other bus-only roads in Sydney include one at Moore Park

Moore Park, New South Wales

Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Centennial Parklands, a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queens Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park &...

 and a dedicated roadway in the centre of the M2 Hills Motorway

M2 Hills Motorway

The M2 Hills Motorway is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of Sydney Metroad 2 and the 110 km Sydney Orbital Network. West of Pennant Hills Road, the M2 is also part of the National Highway.-History:Previously, Sydney's western suburbs were poorly served...

. Sydney has a large and expanding network of bus-only lanes on main roads.

Liverpool-Parramatta T-way

The line runs through the central business district of Parramatta, before heading onto the Great Western Highway to South Wentworthville, after which it heads onto its own alignment next to the Sydney Water pipeline that runs from Prospect reservoir. It then proceeds on its own alignment in an old freeway reservation through to Hoxton Park. At Brickmakers' Creek in Liverpool it heads onto its own alignment to access the main centre of Liverpool and the railway station bus interchange.

North-West T-way

The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at Burns interchange in Parklea.

For the most part, stops are named for the streets they sit on.

The T-way was approved in February 2004 and the Rouse Hill to Parramatta section opened on March 10, 2007. The Blacktown to Parklea section started Bus services on Sunday 11 March 2007.

The planned extension of the Blacktown and Parklea T-way to Castle Hill

Castle Hill

-Australia:* Castle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney* Castle Hill, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville-United Kingdom:* Castle Hill, Birmingham, an area in the centre of Dudley...

 has not been built as planned.

Future T-ways

The 1998 Action for Transport 2010 plan called for seven T-ways to be constructed by 2010 that provided a high frequency public transportation network linking employment and growth centres. Most of the proposed T-ways have not been built by mid 2011 and no construction is taking place or is planned.

Metrobus

Metrobus (Sydney)

Metrobus is a high frequency, high capacity public transportation network in Sydney that links key employment and growth centres. Metrobuses run every 10 minutes during peak periods, 15 minutes during off-peak weekday periods, and 20 minutes on weekends, with the intention of making timetables...

 routes now operate in the eastern part of Sydney providing high-frequency bus services linking some key employment and growth centres. Metrobus

Metrobus (Sydney)

Metrobus is a high frequency, high capacity public transportation network in Sydney that links key employment and growth centres. Metrobuses run every 10 minutes during peak periods, 15 minutes during off-peak weekday periods, and 20 minutes on weekends, with the intention of making timetables...

 operating along roadways mixed with other traffic except for short sections of dedicated bus lanes.

Route	Planned completion date	Actual completion date	Notes
> align="center" | 2002 | |
Liverpool to Parramatta Liverpool-Parramatta T-way The Liverpool-Parramatta T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. "T-way" is short for rapid bus transitway.- Route and services :... > align="center" | 2003 | align="center" | 2003 |
> align="center" | 2003–2008 | |
> align="center" | 2004 | |
> align="center" | 2006 | |
Blacktown to Castle Hill North-West T-way The North-West T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. T-way is short for rapid bus transitway.The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at... > align="center" | 2010 | align="center" | 2007 (partial completion) | Blacktown to Parklea completed as part of the North-West T-way
Parramatta to Rouse Hill North-West T-way The North-West T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. T-way is short for rapid bus transitway.The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at... > align="center" | 2007 | align="center" | 2007 | Renamed North-West T-way