Re: Sydney tramway 'green lines'

[Doug <dougea@ozemail.com.au>]

Brad Torr wrote:
> 
> This is a repost - I posted this message to aus.rail a few days ago
> using my ISP's news server, but it appears as though it wasn't
> propogated past there (grrr), so some of you may have seen this twice.
> 
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> 
> I'm interested in the old Sydney tramways in general, but my particular
> interest is the history of the 'Green Lines' - the four lines that went
> down
> City Road and over Newtown Bridge - Tempe, Earlwood, Dulwich Hill and
> Canterbury. My interest in these lines were sparked in my childhood
> because
> my grandparents grew up on these lines, and my grandma (well into her
> seventies now) still regales me with stories of all her favourite
> conductors
> and how the toastracks were hell in rainy weather and how, during
> wartime
> rationing, she'd have to hang onto the running board for dear life on
> her
> way to work in an army uniform factory).....
> 
> I've been trying to do some reading on these lines (but haven't found
> much -
> I've seen books for the City Lines, the Western Lines, the North Shore
> Lines, the Watsons Bay Line - but not the Green Lines, ugh!) but I have
> some
> questions which, if they could be kindly answered in a non-anal
> retentive
> fashion by the esteemed and learned members of this newsgroup, would
> lead me
> to a greater level of contentment, enlightenment and serenity in my
> life.
> 
> * Earlwood was one green ball; Dulwich Hill was two green balls;
> Canterbury
> was three green diamonds - what symbol did Tempe have on its desto
> rolls?
> 
> * A strange thing about the Dulwich Hill terminus - it seems to have
> just
> ended at the western end of Marrickville Road at the intersection with
> Canterbury Road - wouldn't it have made sense for a junction to have
> been
> built at the intersection so Dulwich Hill trams could continue onto
> Canterbury, giving Canterbury to City trams two possible routes (one via
> Enmore, one via Marrickville)? This situation still exists today, in
> the way
> the 426 Dulwich Hill bus line ends at the intersection...
> 
> * The Canterbury three green diamonds line - did it terminate on
> Canterbury
> Road opposite the railway station entrance, or did it swing right into
> Broughton Street?
> 
> * When did the lines sadly close? My grandmother says around 1958, but
> she
> can't be sure.
> 
> Thanks for any answers,
> Bradley.
> 
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> Before you buy.

I have a book titled "The Green Lines". Soft cover, 92 pages, maps and
plenty of pics. Published in 1966 by AETA. Authors are R. Wilson, D.
Keenan and R. Henderson.  
You can email me if you want more info.

Doug.