Sydney Transport - Getting around

Sydney Accommodation
Sydney City | 5 |  4 | 3 | 2 | Rocks | Woolloomooloo | North Shore
Darling Harbour 5 | 4 | 3 | Kings Cross | Darlinghurst
Airport hotels | Bondi | Coogee | Double Bay | Manly Beach
 Homebush | Parramatta | Paddington | Potts Point | West | South
Blue Mountains | Central Coast | Newcastle | Hunter Valley
NSW | AU | Last-minute AU | Last-minute Sydney | Backpackers

Sydney Transport - Public Transport

• Transport Infoline for public transport in and around the Sydney area. Up-to-date information on train, bus and ferry travel in an area spanning Port Stephens in the North, Scone and Dungog in the Hunter, Bathurst in the West, Goulburn in the Southern Highlands, Bomaderry in the South and Sydney in the East. See map of the Transport Infoline region, plus trip planner, timetables, ticket types and fares,
• Sydney Buses and Ferries 
• Sydney Metro Lightrail and Monorail - Sydney lightrail and monorail. Includes maps, schedules, fares and information.
• City Rail train services and maps effective, reliable and convenient ways to travel around Sydney and beyond. CityRail is the main mode of transport for people travelling to the city centre.
• Connex NSW A transport operator listing bus timetables, maps, fares and charter information for the Sydney region.

Sydney Transport - Airport Transfers, Limos and Taxis

• Sydney Arrival Transfer: Airport to Hotel, 25 - 30 minutes (from Viator)
  Transfers & Ground Transport : Commences at Sydney, Australia
  This Sydney Airport Transfer from both the Domestic and International Terminals to your Sydney Hotel, operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It calls at major hotels and backpackers in downtown Sydney and surrounding suburbs. Submit a booking online and the transfer will be confirmed instantly. You will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver upon arrival. more info and booking details from Viator...

• Sydney Departure Transfer: Hotel to Airport, 25 - 30 minutes (from Viator)
  Transfers & Ground Transport : Commences at Sydney, Australia
  Organize your airport transfer from your Sydney Hotel to Sydney International or Domestic Airport before you travel. This transfer service operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and picks up from all major hotels and backpackers in Sydney and surrounding suburbs. Submit a booking online and the transfer will be confirmed instantly. You will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver on the day of your transfer.This Airport Transfer will collect you from your Sydney hotel and transport you to the Sydney Domestic or International Airport.
  
  Hotel pick up is available from downtown Sydney, Kings Cross, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Paddington, Chinatown, Haymarket, Darling Harbour, Bondi, Randwick or Coogee. more info and booking details from Viator...

• Rent New Cars - a car rental site for Europcar and Thrifty in Australia. RentNewCars quotes very low prices on over 200 city and airport locations including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Cairns and many cities throughout Australia.

• City Rail train services - a rail service runs from Sydney airport to the city
   
• Limos - get quotes from suppliers of luxury sedans, limousines, stretch limousines, antique vehicles, minibuses for weddings, special occasions and transfers. Sydney, Gold Coast, around Australian and worldwide 
   
• Priority Pass is the world's largest independent airport VIP lounge access program with over 450 lounges in more than 245 cities worldwide, including Melbourne and Sydney International airports.
   
• See Sydney Airport hotels here

Sydney Airport Parking 

• Airport parking get a quote and book online for airport parking near the following Australia airports. You'll find a map and faq giving information on opening hours, transfer to airport, facilities for disabilities etc for each location  
  • Brisbane 539 Nudgee Road HENDRA 4011
  • Melbourne 247 Mickleham Road, TULLAMARINE 3043
  • Perth 302 Great Eastern Hwy REDCLIFFE 6104
  • Sydney Cnr General Holmes Drive and Botany Road, MASCOT 2020
  • Adelaide, 265 Richmond Road, RICHMOND 5033
  • Ballina 204 Southern Cross Dve BALLINA 2478
  • Hobart 94 Kennedy Drive CAMBRIDGE 7170

Sydney Transport - Car Rentals

• Discovery Campervans Australia - Instant availability for huge range of Maui and Britz campervans for hire in Australia. Book your campervans and motorhome rental online today and enjoy the freedom of deciding what you see, when you see it and where you end up. Campervans and motorhome hire are the perfect ways to discover the vastness of Australia.
   
• Rent New Cars - a car rental site for Europcar and Thrifty in Australia. RentNewCars quotes very low prices on over 200 city and airport locations including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Cairns and many cities throughout Australia.

Sydney Air Transport

• Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport is the main international and domestic airport and is approx. 10 kilometres (6 miles) south-west of the Central Business District.
• Qantas
• Virgin Blue flights within Australia
• Virgin Atlantic is the second largest long haul airline in the UK and the third largest European carrier over the North Atlantic. Their routes include destinations in the US, Caribbean, Far East, India, Australia and Africa

Sydney Tours

• Click here for more tours to and from Sydney

  More Sydney Transport Information

• Sydney Electric Train Society is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Sydney's heritage electric trains. Includes photo gallery, newsletter, online shop, tours and information about electric trains.
• Sydney Port 
• Lonely Planet - Sydney 
• History behind the Name
  Sir Charles Kingsford Smith the name behind Sydney Airport

  Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - skilled pilot and energetic adventurer - was one of the worlds leading pioneer aviators. Better known to his fellow Australians simply by his nickname Smithy, he was born in Brisbane on 9 February, 1897

  The thought of conquering time and distance by air was a passion from an early age and following service as an infantryman in Gallipoli, Smithy joined the Royal Flying Corps. In 1928, while in the USA, he purchased a Fokker Tri-Motor and named the aircraft Southern Cross in honour of Australia.

  Soon after he set out on a record-breaking flight that would capture the imagination of the world. On 31 May Smithy took off with a crew of four to fly from the USA to Australia. After flying 83 hours and 42 minutes, refuelling at tiny islands along the way, Smithy and his crew arrived in Brisbane having created the first air link between Australia and the United States. The spanning of the ocean was acclaimed as the most brilliant feat of aviation and navigation the world has witnessed.

  Kingsford-Smith was knighted in 1932 for services to aviation and later was appointed honorary Air Commodore of the Royal Australian Air Force. 

  After a lifetime of accolades for record- breaking flights and heroic feats, Smithy was lost attempting a world record flight from England to Australia in November 1935. Some months later a wheel was salvaged off the coast of Burma. 

  Sydneys Kingsford Smith Airport was so named to honour an Australian pioneer of the skies and one of the worlds greatest aviators.
  (from Sydney Airport Media Centre)