Re: Some oddities in Sydney Underground system?

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier) wrote:

>  Next to tthe other upper platforms. Now a car park. Nth Sydney trams used to
> run over the Bridge and terminate there. It was never a railway platform as
> such. The tunnels dont run any more than 50metres or so further south.

There was apparently room for 5 trams in the down tunnel clear of the
crossover cut through the end of the platform.  That would equate to
around 200', or more like 60 metres.  The Up tunnel was two tram
lengths.

>  The Eastern Suburbs line was supposed to run throuth St James. This never
> happened. The platforms may have been used before Circular Quay opened, im
> not sure.

No, they have never been used.  
he Eastern Suburbs)

> >4 - Why dont country trains go through wynward and over the bridge?
> 
>  They do when the track work closes the other route. Sydney Terminal faces
> the wrong direction. Its not much quicker via the shore anyway.

Since the bridge was opened, the North Shore has always had an
intensive suburban service along the lower end.  Until very recently
there was no provision at all for running passes anywhere on the
Shore, so running limited stop country express services along the
Shore, as has happeend when the Main North is closed for some reason,
always leads to timetable disruption for the suburban service.

The Shore also has some of the steepest grades and sharpest curves on
the NSW system and is not well suited to non-EMU rolling stock.

Cheers,

Bill