Proposed railways in Sydney

Bradfield railway scheme, 1920s

The main proponent of electrifying the city and suburban railway was Dr John Bradfield, an important name in the history of Sydney's transport. From before World War I, Bradfield submitted various plans for improving Sydney's railway network. He identified some of Sydney's major transport problems: the need to extend the railway into the city; the need to connect Sydney with North Sydney by either bridging or tunnelling under the harbour, and the 'need' for an eastern suburbs railway. These issues were to be taken up time and again.  

The Christie Report, 2002

The Christie Report advised the extension of the southern rail line to growth areas west of Glenfield, to construct a heavy-rail line linking Chatswood with Parramatta in the one direction and the Hills district linking to Richmond in the other. It also advocated the building of integrated "metro" services linking the CBD with Parramatta, with two further metro lines linking Castle Hill in the north-west with Hoxton Park in the south-west, and Cronulla in the south with Dee Why and the northern beaches.

North West Rail Link (NWRL), Currently in progress

The North West Rail Link, also known as the NWRL, is an $8.3 billion high priority rapid transit rail infrastructure project for the NSW Government that is targeted to open in 2019. The NWRL will initially operate between Cudgegong Road and Chatswood consisting of eight new stations between Cudgegong Road and Epping. There will be approximately 15.5kms of tunnels from Epping to Bella Vista, a 4kms elevated section between Bella Vista and Rouse Hill and conversion of the existing Epping to Chatswood Rail Link (ECRL) to suit the rapid transit system.


- Tim

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