Abandoned Oz - Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Abandoned Oz
Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Sydney’s Monorail system was a single straddle beam loop consisting of 8 stations.
Darling Park, City Centre, Galeries Victoria, World Square, Chinatown, Paddy’s Markets, Convention and Harbourside.
The line opened in July 1988 and closed in June 2013.
The rollingstock consisted of 6 trains (7 carriages each).
These trains were known as Von Roll Mark lll
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Always loved the monorail as a kid in the 90’s. Like someone pointed out it didn’t really go anywhere good but was fun because it was like being on a train without being on a train.
Fun fact: the movie ‘two hands’ with Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown used the monorail for a scene.
The sydney centre building is still there also. You see where the monorail used to enter and exit. Apparently the harbourside one is being demolished ive been told.
Shame Yep Another Great ,90s Ride Shame it's Not A Tourist ride I Loved Riding It!!!
I believe the reason the stations still exist is because the responsibility of who should pay for there removal is being disputed by TfNSW & City of Sydney Council.
I used to go on the monorail all the time when I was little! It’s a shame remnants of the monorail is slowly fading away. Darling Park will go with a new Cockle Bay Wharf development. And Harbourside will go with the new Harbourside development. The last will be World Square and Chinatown. But they may not last long either. And maybe still that tree that caused a crash!
Great video as always Phil!
World square and city centre and Chinatown will be the last ones because they are built into big buildings. They would have to rip the whole side of the buildings off
@@echonomad94 city centre is already gone it was removed in 2019
Those stations could be repurposed into cafeterias!
One of them could bear the name of 'White Ranger' in homage to the scene from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie where monorail passengers are saved by the white Falcon Zord forming a bridge!
I loved the monorail, always had a ride on it when I went into Sydney.
That's because you're not from Sydney. Those who live here never used them. I only tried it once 15 years ago - it was alright
I would buy these and turn them into bars if I had millions of dollars and keep the bar gates and old advertising posters.
If you stay at the Sofitel in Darling harbour and are not a long distance walker, without the monorail, you are cut off from the city. "Marooned". It was very useful for going from A to B. Thanks Clover!!!
For us south aussies we missed south australian Chinatown so much that the monorail was a blessing because it went to Chinatown
Allan Bond gave us the mono rail with the intention he would get a casino license .The government told him to build it but did not guarantee he would get a casino license. Allan Bond also wanted the Mono Rail to extend and service both domestic and international airports and need just one meter of federal airport land but was denied by the government of the day, instead Sydney was lumbered with a much more expensive rail system complete with a platform usage fee that we will still be paying for about the next 50 years or so.
Ran into Alan Bond once in Wentworth Hotel in 1987, surrounded by bodyguards. I was wearing a black shirt with white tie a la mafia style so when I hopped into the lift made them jumped a bit. Anyway he was a very short man but achieved much in business but got cleaned up by Packer.
This was built when I was born - I loved going on the monorail and singing the monorail song from the Simpsons when I was on it as a kid- I rode it for the last time in 2012- just for fun 😢 everything we loved as kids is being killed - australia in the 90’s was awesome !
It sucks it's now closed down! Because when I used to travel to Sydney back when it was running, I used to ride it for the views! The monorail to me, was a Sydney icon and it was awesome seeing the monorail doing it's rounds as you'd walk through Sydney. But now.........it's just a waste. A true shame really.
The last one you visited is accessible from the shopping centre. You can see inside the whole area, the platform, everything. Head inside I think top floor of the shops. Can be accessed where you were or from Dixon st.
Would be good if you give us info about it and why it got shut down etc...
Weirdly I discovered one of the monorail cars is sitting in a paddock on Conrod straight at Mt Panorama. I think the landowner bought it to use as a shed or a room for hire when the races are on.
I could never really understand the point of the monorail, it didnt really go anywhere that wasnt within easy walking distance from a train station and as a scenic ride for tourists or sightseers it was useless, just a boring view alongside some ugly buildings mostly. I went on it a few times, it was a bit of a novelty when it first opened but for the next 2 decades there were always plenty of empty seats.
Shame you were born later Phil. The monorail was a eyesore and a "ride" built for tourists. It was a stupid idea. Like building a skilift. It was slow and went nowhere except darling harbour which was demod as a tip
I often used the monorail when I visited Sydney, as Technology Correspondent for the NZ National Business Review. And when I did use it, to get from whatever downtown hotel I was being put up in to the Convention Centre, I’d usually have a little think about how relatively expensive the tickets were, and how few other passengers there were. Really, for something with so few passengers the Council shouldn’t have bothered to charge for the ride at all - an amenity to encourage people to visit the Conference Centre, Paddy’s Market, the IMAX, Chinatown and the Darling Harbour shops should have been pretty much self-justifying.
But now all that stuff is pretty much gone, so there’s probably some sort of lesson here about what’s actually worth having in a city.
Been 10 years since I’ve popped over to Sydney - next time I’m in town I’ll probably stay somewhere cheap in the Cross, plod through the shops in George St and check out the Art Gallery. Don’t think I’ll bother with Darling Harbour, though.
Once we realise that driving a car in the CBD is something that will stop, Can see some sort of alternative like the Monorail returning. Modern ones much quieter than the Sydney one which was noisy.
If only it was subsidised or integrated properly into the wider rail network somehow. The prices to ride it at the end of its life were ridiculous! Will miss the vibes and look of it though!
Here's a good video from the driver's seat that shows all the stations. ruclips.net/video/ALuU_-8Mnwo/видео.html
They should have kept this.. instead of building the stupid light rail..
4:05 Yep, this is the one I mentioned. Your camera at this point is looking toward Powerhouse Museum.
8:30 Not "Light Rail", the correct term is *TRAMWAY!*
To Phil hi there this is Rohan here just wondering what happened to the remaining monorail carriages and where are they now thanks from Rohan
As I understand it, monorail was the leftover after the world expo in Brisbane. Initially the ride of $2 but gradually becomes quite high to take the kids out for a ride. Now the whole Harbourside Plaza is knocked down so the station on it should be gone by now.
Loved the Monorail. 🚝 So sad it's gone. 😥 Thank you for sharing. 💕
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No idea why they were hell bent on removing the monorail. It was a great way to get to darling harbour.
Corruption ,corruption , the longer you live the more corruption you will see.
No it wasn’t. The monorail didn’t have a station next to any other public transport. The easiest way to get to daring harbour was to get off the train at town hall and walk down hill. If you drove to Sydney, you might as well park at daring harbour. The monorail didn’t even go past the few residential towers the cbd had at the time. A train from nowhere to nowhere.
Let's be honest they removed the monorail the imax the convention centre and the entertainment centre to build apartments and hotels not because structures needed replacement whatsoever.
Keep the rif raf away from the expensive accomodation.
A number of years ago, about 15 years ago, my dad, my son and myself did the record. 33 times around. Took most of the day. We took drinks and packed lunch.
One of my favourite memories
Both now gone
Wtf.
I miss the monorail I always used it to get around town quickly.
Not many were for it and what I understand it cost a fortune to run but I loved getting on the monorail a few times and doing its loop around the city. I have young kids now and would've loved to take them on it for a spin.
It's a shame they didn't extend it to Circular Quay or something rather than tear it down. There was talk a few years back about one of the stops being converted to a cafe or restaurant, looks like that never eventuated
yeah a cafe or bar would be awesome, too bad they cant figure out if the land owner or the local govt owns the building
I remember dancing on the platform of the Darling Park station singing the monorail song
I remember going on it as a teenager when it was first put in and thinking afterwards "What a waste of money" LOL. It really was a show piece for the '88 Bicentenary but was expensive and really didn't go anywhere within the city you wanted to go (other than Darling Harbour). It was generally just as quick to walk there from the city centre instead of waiting for the ridiculously long times and the exorbitant fares. Still interesting to see the remnants.
The depot is still there also above the first tram depot
Amazing to see but If the tracks are gone, why are some of the stations still there? Surely they'll fall apart or at least turn into enough of a rust bucket for residents to complain about them eventually.
i loved the monorail. it never really went anywhere useful though so it was only ever a tourist attraction and i guess it just didn't make enough money to cover running costs which is a shame
It was good to get quickly from one place to the next
There was also the station at Powerhouse Museum. It served the Museum and the Haymarket area.
I always love going down a rabbit hole with finding stuff out about the Mono Rail, really great video!
Hi there :-).
It sad that the monorail has gone it was quick way around town
And if you take a bridge from the new icc you can still see the depot
I thought the stop that was inside the building still has reminanse of the stop
Tree-mendos.
What camera do you use?
IVE BEEN THERE IN DEC 28 TO 30 2021
Paddy's Markets stop was closer to Darling Drive, Convention stop was above the light rail stop
From memory, the Chinatown stop was never used.
it was never used between 2004-2006 and from early 2012 outside 9:00am-7:00am and 2 days before the closure
City Centre was still there 2 years ago
and is gone
Investment rather went into the L1 Dulwich Hill Line, ... incorporates 12.7 kilometres of track from Central Station,
via Darling Harbour, Pyrmont and Leichhardt through to Dulwich Hill, with 23 light rail stops.
Cool to see what remains. I wasn't aware there was anything remaining. Now I'll have to go on a hunt myself next time I'm in Sydney.
Lived in Sydney and it was such a Noisy depressing city with so much Traffic 😂 The Harbour would make up for it as well as the beaches but I just couldn't get myself to love living there lol
How did you get perms to enter?
Enter what? Everything Phil just showed you is seen from the street.
@@nemoooooooo13 oh yeah, my mistake.
It was ahead of its time. 😒
check out the childs court in glebe b4 its demolished.