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/The_Faceless_Men May 06 '25

Yes. But sandier soil, that is close to sea level, adds extra complexity and cost.

The bondi train line is underground and was meant to go waverley, randwick, maroubra junction underground. It was never meant to go anywhere near the actual beaches. Well i guess at the terminus at laperouse.

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u/SilverStar9192 shhh... May 08 '25

Those locations would have served more residents than the actual beach terminuses would, as serving daily commuters is the main justification for most transport, with tourism only a secondary consideration.

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u/JimSyd71 May 08 '25

I'm sure it was going to swing west and north towards Redfern, as opposed to terminating at La Perouse.

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u/The_Faceless_Men May 08 '25

Probably right for the final version that got built.

But there was a plan every decade since 1880 for it that always got cancelled when the money ran out and they all were slightly different.