Sydney Mascot
Mascot is an inner south suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is one of the administrative centres of the Bayside Council. A small part of Mascot is located in the Inner West Council. Mascot is on the northwest side of Botany Bay and contains Sydney Airport.
How locals move
Getting around Sydney Mascot the local way
- Get inOn cruise days there is a ferry operating to Darling Harbour, as well as taxis and transfer services organised by the cruise companies (usually to the city and airport).
- Get aroundThe public transport system consists of train, metro, light rail, ferry, and bus services, and can get you virtually anywhere in the city as well as the outer regions.
- Get aroundThe sign "T" in orange means train, "M" in teal means metro, "L" in red means light rail, "F" in green means ferry, "B" in blue means bus, and "C" in purple means coach.
- Get aroundSome ferries and buses have disabled access.
- Get aroundThe fare system covers all train, metro, light rail, ferry and bus services in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the surrounding regions.
- Get aroundTop-up machines are available at most railway stations, some light rail stops, and all ferry wharves.
- Get aroundYou can obtain a single trip ticket at some top-up machines in train stations and ferry wharves.
- Get aroundThis applies to all transport except for the Manly ferry, whereby you only need to tap-on.
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Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: M.S. Hill (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons.