Editing Circular Quay (section)

===Transport developments===
[[File:Cahill Expressway Construction.jpg|thumb|The Cahill Expressway and railway viaduct under construction at Circular Quay]]
Circular Quay was also a tram hub. It was the focal terminal point of most [[Trams in Sydney#Eastern suburbs lines|electric tram]] services to the [[Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)|Eastern Suburbs]]. The first tram to operate through Circular Quay was horse-drawn, running from the old Sydney Railway station to Circular Quay along [[Pitt Street]] in 1861<ref name=tram>{{cite journal |title=The 1861 Pitt Street Tramway and the Contemporary Horse Drawn Railway Proposals |author=Wylie, R. F. |journal=[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]] |date=February 1965 |pages=21–32 }}</ref> allowing easy transfer to ferries. Trams operated from [[Central railway station, Sydney|Central station]] down [[Castlereagh Street]] to Circular Quay and back up Pitt Street in a large anti-clockwise loop. For many years, 27 regular services operated from Circular Quay.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Cable Trams of Sydney and the Experiments Leading to Final Electrification of the Tramways |author=Wylie, R. F. |journal=[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]] |date=July 1974 |pages=145–168; 190–192 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Inauguration of Sydney's Steam Tramways |author=Wylie, R. F. |journal=[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]] |date=March 1969 |pages=49–59 }}</ref>

From 1936, the appearance of Circular Quay was dramatically changed with the construction of a railway viaduct, and later the elevated [[Cahill Expressway]] above the viaduct, across the southern shore of the cove. [[Circular Quay railway station]] was opened on 20 January 1956<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4801109 Circular Quay Railway Station and Viaduct] NSW Environment & Heritage Retrieved 4 December 2014</ref> and the elevated Cahill Expressway was officially opened on 24 March 1958.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://history.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/sydneystreets/How_to_Build_a_Street/Cahill_Expressway/default.html |title=How to Build a Street Cahill Expressway| website=City of Sydney| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615170420/http://history.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/sydneystreets/How_to_Build_a_Street/Cahill_Expressway/default.html |archive-date=15 June 2016}}</ref>

On 14 December 2019, Circular Quay connected to light rail with the opening of the L2 Randwick Line of the [[CBD and South East Light Rail]]. It marked the return of light rail to Sydney's city center after 58 years, connecting the CBD to the southeastern suburbs.