Re: Any suggestions for top 3 railways "things to do" in Sydney

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

> OK, because it seems that you have rather limited time, I'll restrict my
> suggestions to the main Sydney urban area (and not the
> outer-outer-metropolitan areas like the Southern Highlands or the Central
> Coast.....)
>
> * Light rail from Central to Wentworth Park (would go right near where you
> are staying....)
> * The North Shore Line (over the Harbour Bridge - good view from the upper
> deck; some impressive cuttings from Chatswood to North Sydney; quaint,
> English-style stations such as Gordon; nice subtropical rainforests near
the
> railway right-of-way)
> * Eastern Suburbs Railway (impressive elevated railway in some places;
> equally impressive deep-bore tunnels and stations in others; somewhat
> eccentric station designs; and the escalators at the stations! Some of the
> stations are so deep, it feels as though you are entering the Portals of
> Hell..... oh, there's the uncompleted Woollahra Station as well).


Don't forget to check my trainpage at www.geocities.com/trendy_rechauffe for
some photos of Woollahra station (taken from platform level and from above).

bye tr