Railway Square
Railway Square Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°52′58″S 151°12′15″E / 33.8829°S 151.2042°E | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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Railway Square is a plaza at the southern end of the
History
Railway Square was originally known as Central Square. In the 19th century and early 20th century, Central Square was the heart of the city's modern retail district, enhanced by the presence of Central railway station and its adjacent hotels, erected to serve country visitors arriving in Sydney by train.
The area was previously a busy nexus for the electric tramways of Sydney until the system's closure in the late 1950s.[4] Until the 1990s, Railway Square had a three-platform bus terminal in its centre. The platforms were connected to one another, as well as the opposite sides of Lee Street and Broadway, by an extension of the Devonshire Street Tunnel. The tunnel was accessible by escalator.
The site was redeveloped in 1999 to incorporate two platforms, lifts, a cafe and access to the
Rail tunnel
Railway Square is not only traversed underneath by the extension of the Devonshire Street pedestrian tunnel, but also by a
Gallery
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Central Station clock tower
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Marcus Clark Building
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Former Parcels Post office
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Railway Square looking north 1945
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Early 1900s with Christ Church St Laurence in view
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Christ Church St Laurence, today
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The square in the late 1890s
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A dray, a Ford and a Morris Oxford Roadster, both 1932 models, in summer rain, Railway Square, Sydney, Jan 1935
See also
- Broadway, Sydney
- Parramatta Road
- Great Western Highway
- Map of Central station and transport interchanges
- Map of the broader Central station precinct
References
- ^ Railway Square Archived 9 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Brushtail.com.au.
- ^ A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly (Angus & Robertson) p.106
- ^ Mercure Railway Square Accessed 17 August 2007 Archived 31 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Keenan, D. Tramways of Sydney. Transit Press 1979
- ^ "Fairskye Website". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
- ^ "History of Rail Transport in Glebe". The Glebe Society Inc.
- ^ "Powerhouse Museum Sidings". Railpage Australia. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- ^ Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February, 1958, pp29-30