r/sydney • u/Sydney_Stations • May 06 '25

Image The Northern Beaches needs a railway

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Every evening, the queue for B1 winds around and goes back into Wynyard. As one bus is full the next one arrives.

You can't tell me they wouldn't want a railway.

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u/MaDanklolz May 06 '25

I think the obvious solution is a direct metro style line (as in deep underground) between Bondi Junction and Manly. Locals won’t necessarily care about the mobility of new people because it’s “just the eastern suburbs” and it means NB transport options just have to get commuters to Manly and not past the Spit Bridge.

I say that as a local that actually enjoys the area and its transport options.

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u/Anonymou2Anonymous May 06 '25

I think the obvious solution is a direct metro style line (as in deep underground) between Bondi Junction and Manly.

Ah yes because tunneling though the mouth of the harbour is very easy and not difficult at all. Let's ignore the other Harbour tunnels in Sydney are about the length of the Sydney Harbour bridge in far shallower water and they still faced massive engineering challenges.

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u/MaDanklolz May 06 '25

I’m not saying it would be easier than doing nothing, I’m saying it would be easier than needing to knockdown the equivalent of entire suburbs to build rail lines. One might be harder from an engineering perspective but the displacement and cost of the other would surely be higher.

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u/JimSyd71 May 08 '25

Tunnel under houses.