Re: Burwood (NSW) Trams

["Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

When the govt. proposed replacing the trams with buses, there was huge local
opposition, and the local council refused to alter the level of Burwood Rd
to allow double-deck buses to pass under the railway bridge (the electric
trams had their trolleypoles almost horizontal when they went through).
Eventually, the trams were taken off but the buses had to make a major
detour via the Shaftesbury Rd overbridge!

Rgds

RON BEST

Lambing Flat wrote in message <364A2588.DA3543EE@my-dejanews.com>...
>Burwood (NSW) Council is currently carrying out a large
>amount of work in Burwood Rd where it passes through the
>shopping precinct.  As part of this a large amount of
>asphalt has been removed from the road, exposing the
>tramlines that once carried trams from Ashfield to Mortlake
>on one of Sydney's "isolated" systems.  I understand that
>the last tram ran here some 50 years ago?  I suspect that
>very few passers by would even notice these rusty lines in
>the pavement, let alone realise their significance.
>
>--
>DPC James McInerney
>
>STOP!  In The Name Of The Lore!
>
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