The Eastern Suburbs Railway...A reality 1979 Sydney Trains 

I really like the music and narration of the time. Especially the trumpet intro like royalty was about to enter the room.

I can't hear someone say Martin Place without hearing Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction in my head,

I loved this nostalgia. I worked at Kings Cross Station when during the opening. I also worked at Martin Place and Town Hall at various times.

OMG...this is hilarious! This would have been a very impressive presentation in its day, but now it looks like a student’s bad power point project. I love it! So much nostalgia.

I travelled on the opening day. Got the special ticket and then promptly lost it. It really was something special to take that trip.

That's great to see, I built every one of those indicator boards and direction boards, the company was a tiny one in a terrace house factory at 121 Harris street Pyrmont called Architectural Graphics, at that time we did just about all the new railways indicators and signs. it's nice to see them again, ever station on those indicator boards had a separate 15 watt incandescent fridge globe and by the time they were double sided there were 100s of globes. On the Bondi junction bus interchange the bus indicators were mounted too close to the roadway and busses pulling into the stop could hit them and a few were written off. Thanks for posting this.

Current trips:

I remember commuting between Central and Bondi Junction as a kid before this line opened by bus. The old Bondi Junction bus interchange above was disgusting before a major refurbishment. Yep bus rail rail rail rail bus tickets - allowed for transfers between the 2 modes of public transport. Instead of tapping it was dipping of tickets ( hoping they would not get swallowed up in the machines!) . Best link was connecting South to East

I went on it the first day it was open to the public

🎉😂sounds daggy cool 😎 but I love it❤

I remember riding the train with my family on the opening day - exciting times.

built in a time when gov were more than an out source'r of everything. Really enjoy looking at how my home city came to look the way it does.

love the free car park for commuters lol

Good value that video, learnt some from it too. Eastern suburbs people got short changed with that, it should have went on to Bondi. 7342 is actually diesel hydraulic and doesn't have a fume emission "scrubber" like some of the 48 class. Cheerful music and great narration.

Sadly the construction of the Edgecliff viaduct saw the demolition of Sydney Stadium. This piece of history was where Johnny O'Keefe made his name and The Beatles performed during their Sydney shows.

Interesting that they conveniently don't mention that the station at Woollahra didn't eventuate because the locals didn't want it, instead referring to it as a Government review.

Modern stations with bright spacious surroundings @

Nice railway history.

I think we really need to bring back shorts with long socks

Stayed at Bondi junction in 1980 and travelled to the city on the newly opened line.