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Every Sydney Station

@sydneystations.bsky.social

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A personal nerdy project to document the look and feel of every station on Sydney Trains, Intercity, Metro & Ferries. A look at urban environments in and around Sydney. Also other transit & urban things. Just some nerd...

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · Sep 7

I've hit 2,000 followers here so it's time for a progress update! I'm not even half way up the Blue Mountains Line yet, and there's a new ferry map with a few new wharves added too.

I hope you're all enjoying my adventures as much as I am and it brings good vibes to your feed!

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2h

Gotta keep the Transurban gravy train going 🙃

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly I think it's part Sydney's challenging geography. Mountains on 3 sides, ocean on the 4th, lots of rivers, valleys, bays that are annoying to cross. We couldn't afford much Rob Moses-style clearing for fwys when it was fashionable, most urban mwys didn't come until tunnelling was cheaper

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2h

Green-washing a car park. Instead of maybe building housing maybe in 30 years maybe if it is politically palatable, we could have actually built housing now.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

It is Sydney’s prettiest car park, and it has a hidden secret

This car park has been future-proofed for the days when public transport is improved, and the multi-storey deck can be adapted for other uses.

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not from Queensland!

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you!

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 8h

The station is at the north end of a tree-lined strip of shops, with a supermarket and a few quirky local businesses.

To the north is handful of more shops and this weird phone tower disguised as a clock tower. Beyond is a mix of low and medium density housing.

Another fun suburb!

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 8h

The platform has some landscaping and heritage brick station building stain glassed windows. The heritage style benches and lamp posts are a nice touch.

The more modern lift and concourse contrasts with the older parts of the station. (2/3)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 8h

LEURA, 108km from Central, is another charming station - everything is so charming up in the Blue Mountains - serving retail strip of cute cafes and shops popular with tourists. It has two platforms cut into the sandstone, accessed from an overhead concourse on a road bridge, with a lift. (1/3)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

Dishonourable mention to Ashfield platform 5, which is on street level but you are forced to go upstairs, through gates, then back down again to exit

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

Taking the story of the biggest new piece of public transport infrastructure delivered in Vic for many years, and turning it into a story about motorways and cheaper tolls for drivers. 🤮

Utterly embarrassing

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

What is Sydney's worst, most frustrating station?

For me it's Lidcombe - a very busy interchange. To get from T7 to the new apartment complex next-door you cross the street, walk 500m, cross the street again, go upstairs, thru the gate, downstairs, along two platforms to get back where you started!

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the new Woollahra Station is planned to have two entrances. Good to see.

From local NIMBY MP Kellie Sloan's Instagram

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, all you need is red paint and buses.

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 2d

I had missed this post from Marco but I broadly agree: Down with BRT, long live the Bus

Down with the BRT, long live the Bus

Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept

marcochitti.substack.com

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2d

The best cities are always changing

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 4d

When Sydney Metro CBD opened, the greater public, who weren't closely following the details of the project, realised for the first time what a game changer it was. The people loved it, the media loved it, and now they all want more.

Melb's Metro Tunnel looks like it's going to squander its debut?

Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 4d

One train every TWENTY minutes???

Naththan @nathanpittman.bsky.social · 4d

www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 5d

The west exit leads to small park and a short row of attractive shops and cafes across the street, with a small supermarket.

I was impressed how vibrant the area was given most of the station's catchment is forest. It's not a big 'town' but it seems popular with tourists here to see the waterfalls.

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 5d

The footbridge is sheltered and has modern glass lifts.

The east exit leads to a car park. You have to unnecessarily walk the length of the car park to get to the exit on a quiet residential street. Again it is disappointing to see missing footpaths here, common on this line. (3/4)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 5d

Inside the platform buildings are a waiting room, ticket office and amenities. It seems to be quite common on this line to have a little community library in the waiting room.

I thought it was interesting they kept the old heritage signs for the toilets, even though they have since moved. (2/4)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 5d

WENTWORTH FALLS, 103km from Central, is another charming mountains station serving a small retail strip and some low density suburbia. It has two platforms, accessed from a footbridge with lifts, several heritage brick station buildings and some landscaping on the platform (1/4)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 9d

The YIMBYs got the good seats because while the NIMBYs were outside waving signs for cameras the YIMBYs just... went inside

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 9d

Fight the power

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 10d

The provision of more housing around public transport in the Inner West is one step closer!

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 15d

The north exit leads to a quiet residential street that doesn't even have a footpath.

The south exit leads to the highway, with houses on the far side. There's no pedestrian crossing here even though there's traffic lights. You have to walk up and over a bridge further down the road. Very annoying!

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 15d

BULLABURRA, 98km from Central, is a quieter station serving some low-density suburbia. It has two platforms and a footbridge with no lift. The platforms are quite bare, with a brick waiting room and a second building that doesn't seem for the public. The station sits below the highway (1/2)

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 15d

Agree!