Re: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

[ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@ihug.com.au>]

The NSWGR began using colour-coded system maps for the suburban network 
in the late-1930's. These were a copy of similar colour-coded maps used 
on the London Underground and are very similar to the maps we see today.

I'm not sure if colour-coding was employed on country routes however. 
There may have been other reasons for the different colour signage.

Roy H

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>(2) The grand old destination board from Sydney Terminal, pre-1982.
>According to an information near this restored icon, the destinations and
>times displayed on the board are from an authentic 1937 timetable, and the
>board itself has been repainted and redecorated to reflect its 1930's
>appearance. Down the bottom of the board beneath the destinations, there are
>often various coloured boards showing the names of the trains - "Riverina
>Express", "Through West Mail", "Brisbane Limited", etc. etc. These
>nameboards were coloured - red for the northern lines, green for the
>southern lines and yellow for the western lines - the exact same colours
>used on modern CityRail maps! Were these colour codes used back in the
>1930's?
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>Thanks in advance,
>Bradley.
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