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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

27 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2

Development of Hawkesbury Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

The Blue Mountains City Council is to draw up a Schedule of Works to the amount of £800 for the development of…

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St. Mary's-springwood Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

The matter of providing a train from St. Mary's to Springwood at about 4.10 p.m. on week-days, picking up…

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Death on Railway Station

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

While waiting to board a train at Blackheath Railway Station, on Friday morning, March 25, a 59 year old man collapsed and died…

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Included in Railway Electrification Plans

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

The Blue Mountains has been included in the vast railway electrification programme which has…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

A 21-year-old motor cyclist received severe injuries when he was thrown from his cycle after it had crashed into the side of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 5

While riding a motor-cycle on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, on May 20, Maxurell Broughton (20), of…

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Council Seeks Grant For Road Work

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 5

Following representations by Mt. Victoria Ratepayers and Citizens' Association to the Minister for Lands and the Mt…

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Conference on Overhead Bridge for Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

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…

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Glenbrook Railway Cutting

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 5

The Lower Blue Mountains Federation of Progress Associations decided at its last meeting to request the City Council to fill…

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Lower Mountain Leads St. Marys—Springwood Tram

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 8

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…

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Katoomba To Have Modern Railway Station

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 7

Within the next three years, it is expected that Katoomba will have a modern railway station which has…

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Request For Railway Attendant

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

The Blue Mountains City Council intends to press for the appointment of an attendant for the Railway Station at…

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Council Agrees I'o Overhead Bridge Proposal

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 6

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…

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Bridge Model

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Local residents are invited to view a model of Katoomba's proposed overhead bridge on show in a window of Mitchell's,…

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A Plank Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Said Governor Dewey, of New York State, urging a pay-as-you-go policy in government: "Back in the 1860's Borough…

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Repairs To Hawkesbury Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 8

The Blue Mountains City Council is to carry out repair work on Hawkesbury Road, Springwood…

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History Of Mountains Railway

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 7

At present there is much speculation as to when the Blue Mountains railway line will be electrified…

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Berghoffer's Pass Road

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

The Blue Mountains City; Council is anxious to have repairs carried out to Berghoffer's Pass, Road, Mt. Victoria, and has…

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Another Bridge Damaged

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

Hardly a week goes past without hearing that a bridge on the Great Western Highway has been struck by a vehicle…

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Bridge Smash

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 1

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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