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Eastern Suburbs Railway
The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms at Town Hall, Central and Redfern stations. All of these stations are underground. The Eastern Suburbs railway connects with the Illawarra line at Erskineville, forming the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line. The line features turnbacks at Central, Martin Place and Bondi Junction. There was also previously a rarely used cross-over or 'turnout' at Edgecliff. It operates a service every 3 to 5 minutes during weekday peak hours and 8 to 10 minutes at all other times. Design The twin-track Eastern Suburbs line consists of eight stations connected mainly by viaduct and tunnel. The stations are finished in terrazzo and colourful tiles. Alignment From a tunnel portal north of Erskineville, the Eastern Suburbs line runs north to Redfern, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolloomooloo, New South Wales
Woolloomooloo ( ) is a harbourside, inner-city Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Woolloomooloo is 1.5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney. It is in a low-lying, former docklands area at the head of Woolloomooloo Bay, on Sydney Harbour. The Domain, Sydney, The Domain sits to the west, the locality of East Sydney, New South Wales, East Sydney is near the south-west corner of the suburb and the locality of Kings Cross, New South Wales, Kings Cross is near the south-east corner. Potts Point is immediately to the east. Woolloomooloo was originally a working-class district of Sydney and has only recently changed with gentrification of the inner city areas of Sydney. The redevelopment of the waterfront, particularly the construction of the housing development on the Finger Wharf, has caused major change. Areas of Public housing in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
