SYDNEY'S controversial monorail has officially come to the end of the line with Transport Minsiter Gladys Berejiklian revealing it will stop operating on June 30 next year.

The State Government earlier this year boughT the company that owns the monorail and revealed it planned to tear it down to make room for a new convention centre.



'The monorail has never been truly embraced by the community and is reaching the end of its economic life,'' Ms Berejiklian said.



She said the Government "cannot justify'' the costly expense of keeping the monorail operating, with the exisiting infrastrucuture to be sold.



"Transport for NSW intends to issue an Expression of Interest (EOI) in the coming months to gauge interest from other parties regarding possible future uses of the monorail infrastructure and rolling stock,'' said.



"The market will determine if the track and rolling stock will be demolished for scrap, or removed and re-used.''

Originally published as Sydney's monorail to make its final stop