A community consultation will help decide the location of light rail passenger stops between the city and Gungahlin.
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Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell opened a new pop-up information shop for the project at the City Bus Interchange on Monday, with a map showing 15 potential tram stop locations between Alinga Street and Gungahlin Place.
Mr Corbell said the public would help decide where the final 13 stop locations would be placed, with the network to include high accessibility for the elderly and disabled.
A new tram depot is proposed for government-owned land off Flemington Road in Mitchell, near the Stanford Street Territory and Municipal Services headquarters.
Mr Corbell said the locations of seven power sub-stations would be based on requirements of the line.
Northbourne Avenue's trees will be replaced with a native species approved by the National Capital Authority.
Capital Metro Agency director Emma Thomas told a media briefing many of the existing Eucalyptus elata, or river peppermint, would need to be replaced within five years.
The number of trees in the median strip has been reduced from 802 in 2010 to 484 in March this year.
Currently just 59 per cent of the trees are considered healthy, while 2 per cent are in poor health.
Services on the 12-kilometre line are planned to run until 11pm on weeknights at intervals of about 10 minutes. On Saturdays and weekday evenings, services will be at 15 minute intervals and every 20 minutes on Sundays.
The ticketing system will be integrated with the existing ACTION bus system and both trams and passenger stops will feature wireless internet connectivity.
Ms Thomas said bikes could be allowed on trams outside of peak travel periods.
She said a "tiny portion" of privately-owned land could be purchased to widen the Federal Highway and Flemington Road.
As part of the network's construction, Hibberson Street could be converted into a pedestrian zone with traffic lights to be upgraded at intersections with Kate Crace Street and Hinder Street.
New traffic lights are expected to be added in Gungahlin to the intersections of Hinder and Hibberson streets and Kate Crace and Hibberson streets.
In Mitchell, new lights could be added at Lysaght Street and Flemington Road, Randwick Road and Flemington Road and at the access point for the proposed depot.
In Dickson, the intersections of Murdoch and Morphett streets and Northbourne Avenue will see further study as the crossing is managed with traffic lights.
The entrance to the Mitchell Resource Management Centre could be altered and lights added at the intersection of Swinden Street and the Federal Highway in Downer.
Capacity for the line is expected to be about 13,000 passengers a day by 2012, growing to 20,000 a day by 2031.
Ms Thomas said the line's power source had been widely debated, but it was estimated required capacity was equivalent to the power needed to run a 10-storey office building.
About 18,000 households in the area around the tram line will receive an information flyer next week, as the government moves to engage residents with information about development.
A spokesman for Mr Corbell said the flyer cost about $6000 to produce and distribute. Another $15,600 has been spent on the information shop, which the government hopes will assist engagement with transport users and local residents.