With the traffic the way it is now, they are paying for their short term hysteria.

they originally were going to extend it to Kingsford around 2019, they even bought the building for the stations but then cover struck and it didn't haven. they were originally going to put it to Bondi beach but they didn't because commuters didn't want a train station around such a famous beach plus there would be too many tourist and the station would dirty really quickly for example... rubbish bags or fish and chip papers etc..

@@MsetFox Do those things happen at Cronulla Station? Genuine question... I haven't caught the train there in years.

It was scrapped in 2001 by... Bob Carr and the Labor government. Labor... Famous for announcing and cancelling infrastructure projects!!! 👍

Wasn't finished thanks to Neville Wran and the Labor always half a job should have been completed properly no need for a light rail wasn't built like it should have been

the story i heard is that the line was originally planned to terminate at bondi beach, but there was a massive protest against it by local residents. similarly, local protests killed woollahra station. the project feels unfinished, despite the triumphalism of this extremely interesting clip, but it's hard to see the ESR line extended further now that light rail services some of the missing bits.

I think Edgecliff is the only station with the original colours? Those blue tiles are definitely still on display.

The bludgers always have to meddle.

It is great to see such young people showing an interest in this subject! It is notable that older rolling stock is still used on this line ! In one instance , the seats were covered in charcoal coloured vinyl , which I found to be quite nostalgic !

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@@TrainsForNSWVlogs Why would you just go pointing that out? speak no evil.

Yep, the TNT towers were to be constructed then

During day time you used to see sun light coming in from one of the panels on the city side platform. And you could see there was a shed left behind if you looked down from platform 10 what was that about. Was that where the high rise.

I'm thinking this was the case. But would be great if someone could confirm.

I don’t think it went to museum, I think it terminated at Central through Redfern platform 9 and 10

They went to city circle via museum. There were approx 26 trains per hour (up from current 20 tph max) combined with East Hills line. All Bankstown Line trains went via Town Hall, ie. Outbound Bankstown line trains all departed Central from Platform 19.

@@raymondlowe7099 Thanks! I remember the Bankstown circle. The Illawarra train once through the city circle where would they continue to?

Looks like trains from Liverpool via regents park and all from Bankstown (via strathfield and sydenham) to city went to city circle via Town Hall. So they would have formed the East Hills and Illawarra line services.

What a pity that the Sydney Metro Skybridge at Rouse Hill did not have similar overhead arches, instead of the ad-hoc looking exposed wiring running up the framework on some of the stanchions-very utilitarian!

@@murraykitson1436 You know what's the worst? That the whole charm of this line was broken when they installed unnecessary orange plates at the stops, despite the fact that the inscriptions about the name of the stop were visible like an ox.

Actually it demonstrated how not to do one. Snobs protesting a station in their backyard that the Premier caved into and stopped building mid stream and also cut back the line from its original destination. Like building the snowy tunnels but deciding not to build the dams.

Such people stopped some vital freeway projects to the north.

@@jamesfrench7299 That's right James the freeway from the end of the Gore Hill Expressway to Wahroonga in the north via the Lane Cove River valley. This was the form of a complete North Shore bypass. But there was the environmental issue with the bushland that stood in the way which had to be taken into consideration. So they did the tunnel instead and only solved the traffic problems for the western suburbs, Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains residents who wanted to travel north.

It's stupid how you have to meander through the Pacific Highway to get to Sydney from the north.

@@jamesfrench7299 Too right they bypassed the Pacific Highway (Logan Road) completely with the South-East Freeway in Brisbane from the CBD into the countryside. That is the way to do it.

Probably a selection from "1970's Top Elevator Music Hits"

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I worked on the ops side opening up the ESR. Did you know 225k cubic metres of concrete was poured? Excellent build for its time. Good work by the behind the scenes engineers that never get any credit. There are pumps that are under the flood level that work hard to keep the line open. Opening day was very crowded indeed to give the public a look see, taking a fair bit of patience and coordination by staff. Did you know a wedding group caused a stir amongst the crowded platform?

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Yep. There's a few in the early morning at around 6AM that use the City Circle as well!

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@@randomfset how old are you. They always say ‘these are the best games ever’ for every games. It’s said so often it means nothing

It has lost its identity big time. It used to be wonderland.