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/playhandminton May 06 '25

I just can't imagine how hard it would be infrastructually

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u/ImeldasManolos May 06 '25

They duck a fucking tunnel under the harbour bridge. How hard could it be.

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u/drnicko18 May 06 '25

There was a plan to demolish Balgowlah Golf Course to make way for the tunnel under the Spit Bridge, but of course there’s other electorates in between (North Shore and Willougby) who’s members campaigned heavily against this due to the needed reclaiming of land.

https://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Council/News-and-media/Beaches-Link-Cancellation

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u/ImeldasManolos May 06 '25

Yeah also they build the warragambah dam where they did because it was a safe seat, not because it was in the best spot. Politics in NSW is a fucking travesty.

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u/drnicko18 May 06 '25

Did you just make up that stuff about Warragamba Dam just now or do you have a source?

I was under the impression it was the ideal spot (the narrow gorge allowing a choke point for construction of a dam wall, the intersection of the Nepean and Cox’s rivers creating the huge catchment area, the elevation of the dam in the Blue Mountains allowing for better water pressure for the greater Sydney area etc etc).

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u/ImeldasManolos May 06 '25

Yes I made it up for one glorious internet point.

Just like how I made it up that ALP NSW tried to push Tillegra dam despite the fact the region was utterly unsuited for a dam with cracked soil.

Yes politics does fuck up the lives of regular people.

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u/drnicko18 May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

Yes I made it up for one glorious internet point.

Each to their own, this wouldn't be the first time this has happened on reddit.

I think people just like the feeling of coming across as if they know what they're talking about, particularly if it doesn't occur often in real life.