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Darling Harbour Yard was a goods railway yard in Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. [2] The yard was once the origin of all outgoing goods traffic from Sydney. It was one of two major yards on the former Metropolitan Goods line, the other being in Rozelle. [3]
The Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line is a former heavy rail goods line in Sydney, Australia, now forming the bulk of the Inner West Light Rail.It was part of the city's goods railway network; through conversion to light rail, most of the former goods line was subsumed by the Sydney Light Rail network.
The Goods Line uses the route of a former freight railway line that connected Sydney Yard and the Sydney–Parramatta railway line to the shipping port of Darling Harbour. The railway line opened in 1855 and was extended to Dulwich Hill in 1922, providing a way for freight trains to access Darling Harbour without interfering with passenger trains.
Rozelle Yard was a goods railway yard in Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of two major yards on the Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line , the other being in Darling Harbour . [ 2 ] After heavy rail traffic ceased, part of the site was redeveloped into the Lilyfield Maintenance Depot of Sydney Light Rail .
Pyrmont / Darling Harbour (see also Darling Island) Darling Harbour Yard: Rail goods yard and wharves. [159] 1856— 1993 Darling Harbour redevelopment Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Wool store. [160] [161] —1980s The original building was repurposed, in 1995, with four new floors added, as 'the Goldsbrough' apartment building. Farmers and Graziers ...
The Ultimo (Railway Square) overbridge is of state significance as the oldest surviving structure on the NSW railway system and possibly the only surviving example of the work of the Sydney Railway Company. Opened in 1855, it has a direct and tangible link to the first phase of railway construction in NSW and to the Darling Harbour Goods Yard.
From the time when the Sydney Railway Company was formed in 1848, it had been the intention of the company to build a freight terminal at Darling Harbour. To this end, a railway line was constructed between the Sydney Railway Station (the predecessor to Central railway station) and Darling Harbour, which opened on 26 September 1855. [8]
The goods line provided a continuous loop connection through Central station Yard, Darling Harbour Yard and the Pyrmont wharves, with connections to Rozelle Yard, White Bay and Glebe Island. In this period, Sydney Harbour was the main port for NSW and the goods line provided a direct connection between rural Australia, growing wheat and wool ...