Find out whatever you need to know about travelling around Sydney with the train system's comprehensive mobile site.

WHO WOULD USE IT?

Anyone planning on making use of Sydney's public transport system - residents as well as English-speaking tourists.

WALK THROUGH

One of the first things you see when you log onto to the mobile version of Sydney’s cityrail.nsw.gov.au is a link for "Timetables", which goes through to a page with (an admittedly quite far down) choice of timetables, depending on the route you need.

Choose the route you need and you’ll get a long list of times and a rather helpful glossary as well. There’s also a button if you want to change direction or find out weekend times instead, as well as a facility for finding out about any scheduled works happening on the tracks.

Back on the homepage, there’s a list of relevant news items including travel advice for city events. At the bottom is a fare calculator link with every possible fare result, a journey planner, advice on the best places to visit in and around Sydney and how to get there, with links to the stations nearby where you’ll find a tick list of facilities available there.

There are relevant links to other public transport sites and a large section relating to disabled travellers. Included is information on integrated transport connections where you can find out which stations have facilities like an elevator or a bus stop nearby. It’s a useful for anyone using public transport, whether you’re wheelchair-bound, a cyclist or a parent with a buggy – plus there’s a number to call.

There’s also an impressively detailed page on how to gain assistance to board a train, plus a check-list of the facilities available on each train for people with a disability, whether they are deaf or use a mobility aid. There’s even a section on which animals are allowed on board, plus a downloadable application for an assistance animal pass as well as a phone number to call.

Lastly there’s a section on night travel, the safety measures introduced and instructions on how to take advantage of them. There’s even a timetable, map, fare information and phone number for the night buses after the train have stopped, complete with a cab service that can be called on the bus.