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Re: Some oddities in Sydney Underground system?
- Subject: Re: Some oddities in Sydney Underground system?
- From: alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba)
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 14:29:52 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Insert smart-ass comment about messy deks here
- References: <7smqh1$hsk1@xlprod01.westpac.com.au> <7smu9b$ok5$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au> <7snne4$7v6$1@toto.tig.com.au>
On 27 Sep 1999 12:20:20 GMT, ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@ihug.com.au> wrote:
>Re Wynyard platforms....
>In 1986, it was planned to renumber platforms 5 & 6 to 1 & 2. It was
>later dropped (probably for the confusion it may have caused). Also, the
>former tramway platforms & tunnels are still owned by the Railways, and
>leased by the Menzies Hotel on the understanding that the Railways may
>want it all back one day.
>
>For the record, I vaguely recall the railway platforms at Milsons Point
>were still numbered 3 & 4 in the 1970's - well after the (original)
>tramway platforms 1 & 2 were demolished in 1959.
The platforms at Macdonaldown in Sydney were numbered 2 and 3 until
the early 80's. It did appear that Macdonaldtown had platforms on the
Suburban lines at some stage... but... why 2 and 3? What about the
4th platform?
Albert Alcoceba
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