Development of Hawkesbury Road
The Blue Mountains City Council is to draw up a Schedule of Works to the amount of £800 for the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1949
27 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2
St. Mary's-springwood Train
The matter of providing a train from St. Mary's to Springwood at about 4.10 p.m. on week-days, picking up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death on Railway Station
While waiting to board a train at Blackheath Railway Station, on Friday morning, March 25, a 59 year old man collapsed and died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Included in Railway Electrification Plans
The Blue Mountains has been included in the vast railway electrification programme which has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A 21-year-old motor cyclist received severe injuries when he was thrown from his cycle after it had crashed into the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured
While riding a motor-cycle on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, on May 20, Maxurell Broughton (20), of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Seeks Grant For Road Work
Following representations by Mt. Victoria Ratepayers and Citizens' Association to the Minister for Lands and the Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference on Overhead Bridge for Katoomba
A conference of momentous importante to the residents of Katoomba, took place in the Council Chambers on June 29, when representatives of the Department of Main Roads and of the Railway Commissioners submitted a preliminary plan for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Glenbrook Railway Cutting
The Lower Blue Mountains Federation of Progress Associations decided at its last meeting to request the City Council to fill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lower Mountain Leads St. Marys—Springwood Tram
The Railways Department has written to the lower Blue Mountains 'Federation of Progress Associations, stating that in view of the present coal situation, no good purpose would be served by receiving a deputation from the Federation concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Katoomba To Have Modern Railway Station
Within the next three years, it is expected that Katoomba will have a modern railway station which has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Request For Railway Attendant
The Blue Mountains City Council intends to press for the appointment of an attendant for the Railway Station at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Agrees I'o Overhead Bridge Proposal
One of the quickest decisions ever made by the Blue Mountains City Council was at its last meeting when aldermen unanimously agreed to accept in principle the proposed ovetbridge for Katoomba. It was also decided that the council contribute…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Model
Local residents are invited to view a model of Katoomba's proposed overhead bridge on show in a window of Mitchell's,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Plank Road
Said Governor Dewey, of New York State, urging a pay-as-you-go policy in government: "Back in the 1860's Borough…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Repairs To Hawkesbury Road
The Blue Mountains City Council is to carry out repair work on Hawkesbury Road, Springwood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →History Of Mountains Railway
At present there is much speculation as to when the Blue Mountains railway line will be electrified…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Berghoffer's Pass Road
The Blue Mountains City; Council is anxious to have repairs carried out to Berghoffer's Pass, Road, Mt. Victoria, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bridge Damaged
Hardly a week goes past without hearing that a bridge on the Great Western Highway has been struck by a vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Smash
Traffic on the Great Western Highway at Lawson was held up for 15 minutes last week when a taxicab driven by Stanley…
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