Re: [NSW] Martin Place station and also old lines.

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Jonathan Lau" <jonlau@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> maikha_l@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > To all Ausrailers....again
> >
> > I also would like to ask a few things again.
> > Recently I was out at Martin Place Station right in the middle of the
> > city. As I was going through the main area and heading to the Illawarra
> > bound platforms I noticed hanging high above the Ticket offices a large
> > network map of the "Sydney Rail Network" which of course is fairly old.
> > I'd say it to be between 1979 (that's when Martin PLace was there!) and
> > 1985 (Yep, dosen't Ropes Creek bring back good memories?).What I'm
> > trying to know is, why is it still hanging hanging high at Martin Place
> > today?
>
> I'd say it is a map of the Sydney System as of 1979 when Martin Place
> was
> opened, as the clock on it (last time I saw it) had Public Transport
> Commision of New South Wales written on it.
>
> Why it's still there I don't know, but it's a real antique - take
> pictures
> of it before CityRail finds out about it!


Bugger the pics, take the whole map, they'll probably only scrap it.