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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
228 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 12
SIR,—I have resided now for some years in the vicinity of one of our suburban stations, and although this is the first time I have written on the subject, I have watched with no little interest, and sometimes with no little…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WITH an ever-craving anxiety to provide his 2,000,000 beloved and loving subscribers, and the rest of New South Wales, with the choicest pabulum for their information-hungering palates, Mr. PUNCH cast his eyes over the Herald on Thursday last, and saw that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—I am sure all the residents on the suburban line will be gratified with the announcement in your issue for to-day of the contemplated alteration in their time table. I would, however, respectfully suggest one slight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Would you allow me spae in your columns, for the expression of a hope, that the railway authorities in the rumoured revision of the time-table, will make an alteration in the 9 o'clock evening train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. George Francis Train, better known in England and Australia as Tramway Train, who disappeared from public notice some months since, has lately turned up as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It is with a degree of satisfaction I observe the alteration in the above table with respect to the suburban train, but I think I have ample room to complain on another point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →VARIOUS calculations and comparisons have been made with the view of illustrating the extent of the metropolis, and the number of inhabitants; but we know of no plan by which an adequate idea of the vast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Juliet was wrong in her oft-quoted inquiry "What's in a name?" Those who know anything of the world are aware that, on the contrary, there is a vast deal in it. Take, for instance, the Maitland and Morpeth Railway, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Are the Mudgee and North Western interior people aware that it is high time to bestir themselves respecting the proposed abandonment of the Waterawang Railway Station and Mudgee Terminus?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following is published at the request of the parties interested:- To his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales and to the Executive Council of the said colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—Will you kindly allow me to call attention to two alterations which I think might be made with advantage in the proposed time-table? While the 12.30 down train supplies a great want to those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →L'Opinion Nationale of January 22nd says:—A most extraordinary incident happened on Friday night last on the Luxembourg railway. A train consisting of nine trucks of ore and three open carriages containing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANOTHER section of the Great Southern Railway from Piction to Mittagong, or Natt[?]i, has at length been opened to the public. This section is twenty-four miles in length, and makes a total length of seventy-seven miles now open…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TO-DAY we chronicle another step in advance in our railway progress. Though after longer delay than was originally promised, another section of the Great Southern Railway has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of residents in the suburban districts adjoining the railway was held yesterday afternoon at Mr. T. W. Bowden's Auction Room, Pitt-street, to memorialise the Minister for Works in favour of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The present system of English railway engineering and construction is represented by a capital of upwards of £10,000,000 sterling, by which 13,000 miles of railway have been put in oporation, exhibiting an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION waited upon the Minister for Works, at his office yesterday, for the purpose of iaducing him to use his influence with the Government to lower the rates for passengers on the suburban line of railway. The deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. Moore), Mr. Alderman Sutherland, and Mr. Alderman Cathy waited upon the Minister for Works, at his office, yesterday, with reference to the present state of Pitt-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday afternoon a deputation, appointed at recent public, meeting, waited upon the honorable the Minister for Works, for the purpose of presenting a memorial in reference to suburban railway traffic. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday forenoon, a deputation, consisting of his Worship the Mayor (Mr. Charles Moore), Alderman Catley and Sutherland, waited apon the honorable the Minister for Lands, at his office, in reference to the…
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