Saturday 9 December 2017

Sydney Light Rail and Trams

Two blocks of tracks for Sydney's new CBD and South-Eastern line under construction have been revealed on George Street between Park and King Streets.

George Street at Park Street, looking north towards Market Street
George Street at Queen Victoria Building & Hilton Hotel, looking north towards Market Street
George Street at Market Street, looking south towards Park Street
George Street at Market Street, looking north towards King Street

Meanwhile this photograph on a construction site at the nearby suburb of Paddington from another time when trams ran along King Street in the CBD.

Tram heading east for Rose Bay on King Street near Castlereagh Street
Postscript: I've just noticed the FREE WIFI sign which appears neatly to be on the window of the Surrey Hotel. I suspect someone has stuck that on the hoarding photo as a joke.

5 comments:

  1. I wonder if people generally can imagine the impact of this tram line when it opens? It will bring about huge changes in the way people move around the city, most welcome and I expect some unwelcome.

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    1. The free wifi sign is not the only odd thing in that photo.

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    2. Indeed Andrew. Now I've noticed the automobile following the tram up the hill. How peculiar!

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  2. I have to say it must be wonderful to have a tram system...Coffee is on

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    1. It used to be wonderful Dora until Governments of the day totally dismantled Sydney's tram system in the late 1950s, early 1960s.

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