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In 1950, L/P class tram 154 was the first of Sydney's trams (and first in Australia) to be preserved the fledgling Australian Electric Traction Association, later known as the Sydney Tramway Museum, beginning the preservation of nearly every class of tram. The collection of preserved trams has grown to include the last known examples of some ...
The Sydney light rail network (or Sydney Light Rail for the inner-city lines) [4] is a light rail/tram system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network consists of four passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill , L2 Randwick, L3 Kingsford and L4 Westmead & Carlingford lines.
The Grand Concourse of Central station; a major hub for public transport services Light Horse Interchange, the largest of its kind in Australia. Transport in Sydney is provided by an extensive network of public transport operating modes including metro, train, bus, ferry and light rail, as well as an expansive network of roadways, cycleways and airports.
Trams to the point opposite the Spit (via Steyne Junction and the beachfront) branched from trams to Brookvale. Other trams toward the Spit went via Belgrave Street. [2] [55] Steyne Junction and track along the beachfront were closed in December 1914. [56] Manly tram services ceased altogether in 1939. (Name is no longer used) White Bay Junction
On 11 May 2023, a 16-year old girl was killed after she was caught by and became trapped under the tram carriage near Chinatown stop after she attempted to climb over the couplers that connect the two semi-permanently coupled trams, which was the usual configuration to operate services on the L2 and L3. [117] [118] [119]
The original railway network for the Sydney CBD planned by John Bradfield. The Eastern Suburbs line is drawn in blue. The Eastern Suburbs Railway was a part of engineer Dr John Bradfield's scheme for Sydney's railways (the Bradfield Scheme). The alignment and profile for the line was set in 1926 and construction on the railway was started by ...
Bondi Beach, Sydney: ... On the descent to Bondi Beach, trams entered Campbell Parade via an ... On the north side of the road there is a strip of terraced houses in ...
The Inner West Light Rail has reutilised the platforms at Central station formerly used by Sydney's tram network. Sydney once had quite an extensive tram system, having been in place since 1879, with a short-lived earlier line opened between 1861 and 1866. The system was hugely popular by the 20th century, with an average of more than one tram ...