Train and Tram Traffic
The inclement weather yesterday had a material effect on the tramways, the number of passengers carried being estimated even, less than on an ordinary fine day. People preferred the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250
Killed by a Train
A sad accident happened at Kurrawang station on Saturday night, when a young woman, Julia Hennessy, who was waiting for a train to Kalgoorlic, was knocked down by a train and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pyrmont Bridge. to the Editor
Sir,--Allow me space in your valuable columns to ventilate a matter in connection with the new Pyrmont bridge. In the centre of the trellis work on each side of the bridge are rivetted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Line Under Water
The following notice was posted in the dayroom of the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, to-day:—"The Railway Commissioners have been advised that the water is all over the railway line about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Traffic
The state of the weather did not seriously interfere with the railway traffic. There was an increase of 11,523 over last year in the number of passengers carried. The total number was 78,867, the revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Revenue
The railway traffic receipts for the week ended on Friday last amounted to £52,742, showing a decrease of £10,583 compared with the corresponding week of last year. Since the opening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident
A shocking accident happened at Kensington railway station this afternoon, involving the death of Michael Coonan, an engine-driver. Coonan was on the engine of a goods train going from North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bowen Railway
It is understood that the question of only closing the Bowen line when the meat works are not in operation is being considered by the Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Launches. a Challenge
Mr. W. P. Featherstone, the owner of the launch Norseman, which competed in the Regatta yesterday without success, has challenged any launch that competed in the race…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Melbourne
Michael Coonan, engine-driver, aged 45. married, and the father of six children, jumped off the engine of a goods train coming into the Kensington station yesterday. He got…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Railway Station
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. H. M'Lachlan. on being seen yesterday, stated that the commissioners had as yet received no official communication from the Government regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Extension to Ryde
The Ryde Tramway League has again started an agitation for the extension of the Drummoyne tram to Epping, through Giadeaville, Ryde, and Marsfield. The president of the league, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About the Tramways. the Policy of the Commissioners. the Financial Side
"After all, these tramway facilities are not altogether a good thing." "Why?" "Because they tend to make people lazy. People…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Mystery. Corpse Found on the Line
The body of a man was found lying beside the railway line, about a mile beyond Hornsby, at 6 o'clock this morning, by the driver of a train which was proceeding towards the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Mishap. Mittagong
This morning when the paper traiu was nearing Mittagong two trucks [?]t the rails when on the bridge crossing Nattai Crerk. They were dragged a considerable distance, tearing off no fewer than…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Tramway Requirements. Broken Hill
A public meeting in connection with the extension of the tramway from Oxide-street along Argent-street to the north was held last night at the Junction Hotel. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suppressing Strikes. Cossacks Charge Railway Men Hundreds Killed and Wounded London, Jan. 27
The railway strikers at Tomsk, Wostern Siberia, came into collision yesterday with the Cossacks. An encounter took place in the strects between threc thousand strikers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coonamble Railway Requirements. Coonamble
A well-attended public meeting was held at the council-chambers last evening to consider what steps should be taken in view of the Railway Commissioners' action in running a bi-weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Metropolitan Trams
The metropolitan tram system has extended in a remarkable fashion during the past few years, and there is now a network of tram lines, mainly electric—shortly they will practically all be…
Continued on Trove, page 228 →Central Railway Station in Course of Construction
ON the 30th of last April the Hon. Minister for Works, Mr. O'Sullivan, laid the foundation stone of the new central railway station. The important event was suitably marked by some…
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