List of former tramway junctions in Sydney
This is a list of former tramway junctions in Sydney, which were part of the network of trams in Sydney that existed up to 1961. It includes only junctions of tram lines that were designated with a name that included the word "Junction". Some junctions were also terminating locations or section points for fares[1] and had greater public significance as a result. Some of the names of former tramway junctions remain in use, as the name of a suburb or locality, even though the tram lines no longer exist. In other cases, the names are no longer used, and their inclusion in this list is historical interest only. The list is in alphabetic order. Unofficial names are shown in single inverted commas.
| Junction name[1][2] | Other / Older name | Location
and Coordinates |
Destination sign
(teminating at junction)[3] |
Original significance | Later significance (before 1961) | Current significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzac Parade Junction | Randwick Road Junction[4][5] (mainly before 1917)
'Cleveland Street Junction'[6] |
Cleveland Street either to reserved track on east side (permanent tram routes) or reserved track on west side of Anzac Parade (formerly Randwick Road), Moore Park | Cleveland St | Railway (Square) trams branched from trams to Circular Quay (inbound)
Also gave access to loop lines for special trams for Sydney Showground, Sydney Sports Ground, and Sydney Cricket Ground |
Continued in use until last trams in 1961. | (Name is no longer used) |
| Belgrave Street Junction[5] | Belgrave Street into Raglan Street, Manly | (None) | Trams to The Spit branched from trams to Narabeen | Tram service ceased in 1939. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Bondi Junction | Oxford Street to Grosvenor Street (becomes Bronte Road), Bondi Junction[7] | Bondi Junction | Bronte trams branched from Bondi trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1960 | Suburb of Bondi Junction | |
| Cabarita Junction | Cabarita Road Junction[5] | Frederick Sreet to Cabarita Road, Concord | (None) | Cabarita trams branched from Mortlake trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1948 | Cabarita Junction is occasionally used locally,[8] and is also the name of two bus stops, one in Frederick St and one in Cabarita Rd.[9] |
| Church Street Junction[10] | Blaxland Road to Church Street Ryde[11]
33°48′49.2″S 151°06′21.3″E / 33.813667°S 151.105917°E (Not to be confused with Church Street Junction in Maitland.)[12] |
(None) | Trams to West Ryde railway station branched off before Ryde terminus. | Church Street Junction was sometimes used to describe the locality later called 'Top Ryde'. Tramway junction not used after 1934 closure of branch. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| City Road Junction | Newtown Road Junction[13][1] | Broadway / Parramatta Road and City Road (formerly Newtown Road[14]),[15] Chippendale | City Road Jun. | Trams via Newtown branched from Parramatta Road lines. Also connection between trams from Eastern ('Red') lines (via Regent Street) and Western ('Green') lines | In 1893, the first tramway signal box was installed near here. As well as City Road / Newtown Junction, it controlled the points at two nearby junctions for Glebe and Forest Lodge directions. Later City Road Junction had its own separate signal box.[16] | City Road Junction is occasionally used to describe the intersection |
| 'Clovelly Junction'[17] | Intersection of Clovelly Road and Frenchman's Road, Randwick | (None) | Cross country tram route from Coogee to Bondi Junction connected with tram route to Clovelly. | Name seems to have been used unofficially for the locality.[17][18] | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Cremorne Junction | Military Road Junction[5] | Military Road to Spofforth Street, Cremorne | Cremorne Junction | Trams to Cremorne Wharf branched from trams to Wynyard and Chatswood (inbound). Trams from Mosman Wharf terminated here. | Spofforth St side not used after 1956. Tram service ceased in 1958. | Locality of Cremorne Junction |
| Crown Street Junction[19] | Oxford Street to Crown Street, Darlinghurst | (None) | Trams to West Kensington via Surry Hills branched from Bondi, Bronte, Coogee, Clovelly, Maroubra and La Perouse trams. | Tram service ceased in Crown Street in 1957. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Crows Nest Junction | Pacific Highway, Willoughby Road and Falcon Street, Crows Nest (a three way junction) | Crows Nest Junction | Trams to Chatswood branched from trams to Lane Cove (outbound)
Trams to Taronga Zoo and Balmoral branched from trams to Wynyard (inbound). |
Tram service ceased in 1958. | Crows Nest Junction is sometimes used to describe the intersection and its immediate surrounding locality[20] | |
| Daceyville Junction | Kingsford Junction[21][22]
'Nine Ways' |
Anzac Parade and Gardeners Road (and other streets without trams, known as 'Nine Ways'), Kingsford | Daceyville Jun.
(on Anzac Pde trams only) |
Change to / from trams on Gardners Road that used the destination 'Daceyville' | The intersection was known as 'Nine Ways' from 1932. | (Name is no longer used)
Now near the terminus of the L2 Light rail line |
| Darley Road Junction[19] | Alison Road (reserved track) to Darley Road | (None) | Clovelly trams branched from Coogee trams (outbound), and also used for entry to Randwick Tramway Workshops | Darley Street line not used after 1957, when Clovelly tram service ceased | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Darling Street Junction[23] | Victoria Road to Darling Street, Balmain | (None) | Connection between Ryde trams and Balmain and Birchgrove trams. | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Darlinghurst Junction[19] | Taylor Square | Oxford Street or Campbell Street to Flinders Street, Darlinghurst | (None) | Trams to Coogee, Clovelly, Maroubra and La Perouse branched from trams to Bondi and Bronte (outbound) | Bondi and Bronte tram service ceased in 1960. | (Name is no longer used) Area around the intersection is well known as Taylor Square |
| Epping Junction | Cresent Street (now Minogue Cresent), Glebe to reserved track toward Lilyfield and reserved track toward Taylor Street, Annandale | (None) | Trams to Lilyfield branched from trams to Balmain (outbound).[24] Named after nearby Epping Raceway (later Harold Park) | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Falcon Street Junction | Falcon and Miller Street Junction[25] | Miller Street crossing Falcon Street, North Sydney | (None) | Trams to Northbridge connect with trams branching to Spit, Taronga Zoo and Balmoral (outbound) | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Gardeners Road and Botany Road Junction | Botany Road to Gardeners Road, Rosebery / Alexandria | Gard'ners and Botany Rds. Jun. | Daceyville trams branched from Botany trams | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Greens Road Junction | Oxford Street to Greens Road, Paddington | (None) | Special trams for Sydney Showground, Sydney Sports Ground, and Sydney Cricket Ground branched from Bondi and Bronte trams | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Harbord
Junction[26] |
Pittwater Road to reserved track (now Oliver Street), Queenscliff | (None) | Trams to Harbord branch from trams to Narrabeen[27] | Manly tram services ceased in 1939. | (Name is no longer used. The suburb, Harbord, was renamed Freshwater in 2008.[28]) | |
| Henderson Road Junction | Raglan Street Junction[4] | Botany Road to Henderson Road, Alexandria | (None) | Alexandria and Erskineville trams branched from Botany and Daceyville trams (outbound) | Junction not used after 1959 | (Name is no longer used) |
| Illawarra Road Junction | Marrickville Road to Illawarra Road, Marrickville | (None) | Earlwood trams branched from Dulwich Hill trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1957. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Kensington Junction | Anzac Parade (reserved track) to Alison Road (reserved track), Randwick or Dacey Avenue[29] | Robertson Road | Coogee and Clovelly trams branched from La Perouse and Maroubra trams, which ran via Kensington (outbound). Cross country trams from City Road Junction terminated. There was a separate junction on the western side of Anzac Parade, to allow access to Dowling St Depot via Dacey Avenue.[30] | (Name is no longer used)
Junction rebuilt at location where L2 and L3 Light Rail lines diverge. | ||
| Macpherson Street Junction[5] | Waverley Junction | Albion Street to Macpherson St, Waverly | (None) | Bronte trams diverged from cross-country trams from Bondi Junction to Coogee. | Albion Street side of the junction not used from 1954. Tram service ceased in 1960. | (Name is no longer used) |
| Marion Street Junction | Norton Street to Marion Street, Leichhardt | Leichhardt Town Hall | Abbotsford trams branched from trams on Norton Street (outbound) | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Maroubra Junction | Anzac Parade to Maroubra Road, Maroubra[31] | Maroubra Junction | Maroubra Beach trams branched from La Perouse trams (outbound) | Unchanged until 1961 | Locality of Maroubra Junction | |
| Middle Head Road Junction[32] | Military Road / Bradleys Head Road to Middle Head Road, Mosman | (None) | Balmoral trams branched from Taronga Zoo trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1958 | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Mosman Junction | Avenue Road Junction[5] | Military Road to Avenue Road, Mosman[33] | (None) | Mosman Wharf trams branched from Taronga Zoo and Balmoral trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1958[34] | Locality of Mosman Junction. Name also used as bus route destination.[35][36][37] |
| Mount Street Junction[38] | Victoria Cross[39][40] | Miller Street to Pacific Highway, (adjacent to Mount Street), North Sydney | (None) | Lane Cove and Chatswood trams branched from Spit, Balmoral, and Northbridge trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1958 | (Name is no longer used.) Intersection is still called Victoria Cross,[41] and that name is also used for the nearby Sydney Metro station, Victoria Cross. |
| Neutral Bay Junction | Wycombe Road Junction | Military Rd to Wycombe Street, Neutral Bay | Neutral Bay Junc. | Trams from Neutral Bay wharf terminated at Neutral Bay Junction, connecting with other trams. | Wycombe Road side of junction not used after Neutral Bay line closed in 1956.[42] Tram service ceased in 1958. | Locality of Neutral Bay Junction. Name is also used for a bus stand,[43] and a 'via' on bus destination signs. |
| Newtown Bridge Junction | Newtown Bridge
(more commonly used name)[5] |
King Street to Enmore Road, Newtown, also to Newtown Tram Depot | Newtown Bridge | Trams to St Peters and Cooks River branched from trams to Dulwich Hill and Earlwood (outbound). | Tram service ceased in 1957. | (Name is no longer used) |
| Quay Street Junction[19] | George Street to Quay Street, Haymarket | (None) | Pyrmont trams branched from Parramatta Road and Harris Street (Ryde) trams (outbound) | (Name is no longer used) | ||
| Queen Street Junction | Oxford Street to Queen Street, Woollahra | (None) | Steam trams to Woollahra branched from trams to Bondi (outbound) | Queen St tram line closed in 1895. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Railway Road Junction | Princes Highway to Railway Road, Sydenham | (None) | Cross country trams to Dulwich Hill branched from trams to Circular Quay (inbound) | Tram service ceased in 1957. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Randwick Junction | Alison Road Junction | Belmore Road to Cook Street or to reserved track | (None) | Trams on cross-country route to Bondi Junction branched from trams to Circular Quay and Railway (Square) (inbound) | Cook Street side of the junction not used from 1954.[44] Tram service ceased in 1960. | Locality of Randwick Junction. The name is also used as a destination or 'via', including on bus destination displays, for bus routes in the area.[45][46] |
| Rowntree Street Junction | Darling Street to Rowntree Street, Balmain | (None) | Birchgrove trams branched from Darling Street Wharf trams (outbound) | The Rowntree Street side of the junction was not used from 1954. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| Ross Street Junction[47] | Parramatta Road to Ross Street, Forest Lodge | (None) | (Name is no longer used) | |||
| Rozelle Depot Junction[47] | Reserved track to Lilyfield to reserved track to Rozelle Depot | Rozelle Depot | Trams terminated / started at branch to depot. Access to and from depot.[48][49] | Depot closed in 1958. | (Name is no longer used)
Rozelle Depot repurposed as Tramsheds retail centre. | |
| Spit Junction | Spit Road Junction | Military Road and Spit Road, Mosman | Spit Road Junction | Trams to the Spit branched from Mosman, Taronga Zoo and Balmoral Trams (outbound) | Tram service ceased in 1958. | Locality of Spit Junction . Name is also used as a school bus route destination.[50] |
| 'Springvale Junction'[51] | Intersection of Botany Road and Beauchamp Road, Banksmeadow[52][53]
33°57′45.1″S 151°13′08.0″E / 33.962528°S 151.218889°E (Not to be confused with Springvale Junction in Melbourne.) |
Botany | 'Springvale Junction' was where Botany trams met shuttle trams of the Sprinvale line, which ran further on to La Perouse.[54][53] It seems that the Springvale line ran back along the Botany route, from Botany terminus, before branching off near a stop called 'Springvale' in the direction of Yarra Junction.[5] | In 1935, the shuttle tram to La Perouse ceased, but from 1934, some trams ran past Botany to Matraville (terminus at Military Road, Matraville).[53] | (Name is no longer used, and the arrangement of the roads in the area is now significantly different around the former site of the tramway.) | |
| Steyne Junction[2] | North Steyne to Raglan Street, Manly | (None) | Trams to the point opposite the Spit (via Steyne Junction and the beachfront) branched from trams to Brookvale. Other trams toward the Spit went via Belgrave Street.[2][55] | Steyne Junction and track along the beachfront were closed in December 1914.[56] Manly tram services ceased altogether in 1939. | (Name is no longer used) | |
| White Bay Junction | Barnes Street Junction[5] | Former Commercial Road and Barnes Street (now Victoria Road), Rozelle / White Bay | (None) | Ryde trams branched to Victoria Road (outbound) | Junction not used after 1953. | (Name is no longer used, and intersection vastly changed) |
| Yarra Junction | Reserved track alongside Bunnerong Road and Anzac Parade, Little Bay
33°58′57.2″S 151°14′10.1″E / 33.982556°S 151.236139°E (Not to be confused with Yarra Junction, Victoria) |
(None) | Trams to Botany branched from trams via Anzac Parade to Circular Quay and Railway Square (inbound).[52] | Bunnerong Road ('Springvale') tram line closed beyond Military Road, in 1935, and the junction was no longer used.[57]
Yarra Junction was once used as a name for the suburb of Little Bay |
(Name is no longer used) |
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