This was an iconic piece of Sydney. But Sydneysiders were too narrowminded to just accept the monorail as a tourist drawcard. I mean $5 for sightseeing the CBD was not such a bad thing in tourists minds. But now we have nothing. Way to go Sydney. Sydney will never be the same again.
I got to ride on the monorail with my family as a kid back in January of 2012 during the summer school holidays when we were on a holiday in Sydney! It was also interesting seeing the remains of the system in March of 2017 when I went back to Sydney on a school camp as a lot of the stations still remained abandoned but the tracks had mostly been removed! :)
I was lucky enough to get to go on one of those back then. I was just an asian student went to study in sydney for a year, what a great time to be alive and young. the early 90s
@Holly02391 l might have some especially the food court at Harbourside and the circular thingy with the water in the ground - from my 1991 visit. What are you looking for? Simon
The monorail was popular with tourists, but it was only a single track loop and used a low capacity type of train. Cities in Japan, China, Brazil and even USA (Seattle) use much higher capacity monorail trains that are more suited to meeting the real-world needs of an urban railway and had these been used here in Sydney then it would have been much more useful.
They took out the old light rail track some time back in the 70's and now they are putting the light track back in 2017. Don't know how long the new track would remain for.
I suppose that they were fun to ride on but there were people who lived in Sydney who travelled on them very frequently because they saw the monorail as a viable / useful form of urban public transport.
Sydney CBD has an identity crisis, this train was never fully realised, joked about by locals, loved by out of towners who rode it one time in 1988, and a huge sink hole of expenditure!
One of the issues faced by this train (and hence reason for the derision by local people) was its low passenger capacity. This is because (in my view) the system's builders chose the wrong type of monorail train - Japan and Brazil (for instance) have high capacity monorail trains which have a passenger capacity equal to duorail trains of the same dimensions
Back in mid 2013 I visited Sydney (bad time as I knew it as it should've been the 80's that I went but sadly no) and I barely even saw the monorail run, it was so brief. And the ticket prices were a near $20! No wonder no one used it and it was on it's way out back then. And to see that the early 90's it was only $2?!!..Whoa, tbh the monorail belongs to Sydney but 80's Sydney only with Expo or Bicentennial 88 where it really meant something back then but that decade only. No it's as a memory off a better era or time to Sydneyian but hey atleast the trams are back but not enough to save area though..Imagine the monorail running with trams back 80's Sydney?! Hot damn that would've been awesome 👌
Agreed. From what I gather, the decision to remove it was taken ages ago and the stated reasons are just a PR exercise to appear to justify the actions.
Yeah I know I moved to Sydney then and I just missed out on the monorail so yeah it sucks but I did visit Sydney back in 2008 and had the chance to go on one which is really good.
@stuartthegrant London has little need for it as it has an extensive underground system (north London anyway) Not liked by many people in Sydney when it went up because it is very in your face
i live in sydney so i now why they took it down the monorail went nowhere it was useless nobody used it (exept tourists) the took it down because it was in the way of the new convention center they have extended the light rail from lilyfield to dulwich hill
What a great video! Just visited the now-abandoned Harbourside station today in 2021 and peeked through the door. So nostalgic.
This was an iconic piece of Sydney. But Sydneysiders were too narrowminded to just accept the monorail as a tourist drawcard. I mean $5 for sightseeing the CBD was not such a bad thing in tourists minds. But now we have nothing. Way to go Sydney. Sydney will never be the same again.
Sydneysiders are like "meh."
I saw it but never got to ride on it.
I got to ride on the monorail with my family as a kid back in January of 2012 during the summer school holidays when we were on a holiday in Sydney! It was also interesting seeing the remains of the system in March of 2017 when I went back to Sydney on a school camp as a lot of the stations still remained abandoned but the tracks had mostly been removed! :)
I'm from the UK and visiting Sydney for the first time next week. I'd love to ride on the monorail so I'm very sad indeed that it no longer exists.
So are many other people, both visitors and locals.
i was born in sydney in 1995, never knew this ever existed!
12:43: confirmation that it's the early 90s. Stop! Hammer Time.
I was lucky enough to get to go on one of those back then. I was just an asian student went to study in sydney for a year, what a great time to be alive and young. the early 90s
Great memories 👌 ❤ bring the monorail back please.
yes but you need a higher capacity version, such as is used in Brazil and Japan
What a great monorail, and city.
Nothing like that in london..
It's a shame they tore it down.
They look like the Merry Hill ones wich operated in The West midlands.
@Holly02391
l might have some especially the food court at Harbourside and the circular thingy with the water in the ground - from my 1991 visit.
What are you looking for?
Simon
Park Plaza has since been Renamed to The Galleries Victoria.
RIP SYDNEY MONORAIL 1988 - 2013
I just missed out on Sydney monorails because I didn't come into Sydney until 2013
maybe if the monorail was extended up to Circular Quay and the Sydney Opera House, then it would have been very popular, especially with tourists.
The monorail was popular with tourists, but it was only a single track loop and used a low capacity type of train.
Cities in Japan, China, Brazil and even USA (Seattle) use much higher capacity monorail trains that are more suited to meeting the real-world needs of an urban railway and had these been used here in Sydney then it would have been much more useful.
@@CitytransportInfoplus they should have sent it to circular Quay, than it would be an icon amongst Sydney Tower, the opera house and harbour bridge
They took out the old light rail track some time back in the 70's and now they are putting the light track back in 2017. Don't know how long the new track would remain for.
9:10 - 9:15 they look fun to ride on!
I suppose that they were fun to ride on but there were people who lived in Sydney who travelled on them very frequently because they saw the monorail as a viable / useful form of urban public transport.
Sydney CBD has an identity crisis, this train was never fully realised, joked about by locals, loved by out of towners who rode it one time in 1988, and a huge sink hole of expenditure!
One of the issues faced by this train (and hence reason for the derision by local people) was its low passenger capacity. This is because (in my view) the system's builders chose the wrong type of monorail train - Japan and Brazil (for instance) have high capacity monorail trains which have a passenger capacity equal to duorail trains of the same dimensions
Back in mid 2013 I visited Sydney (bad time as I knew it as it should've been the 80's that I went but sadly no) and I barely even saw the monorail run, it was so brief. And the ticket prices were a near $20! No wonder no one used it and it was on it's way out back then. And to see that the early 90's it was only $2?!!..Whoa, tbh the monorail belongs to Sydney but 80's Sydney only with Expo or Bicentennial 88 where it really meant something back then but that decade only. No it's as a memory off a better era or time to Sydneyian but hey atleast the trams are back but not enough to save area though..Imagine the monorail running with trams back 80's Sydney?! Hot damn that would've been awesome 👌
Yes indeed, trams and monorail would have been fantastic
$20 a ride sound awful - were they trying to repel passengers from using the service?
@@CitytransportInfoplus I guess so?! Because when I was done there, they were months or maybe even weeks from taking it all down...
Agreed.
From what I gather, the decision to remove it was taken ages ago and the stated reasons are just a PR exercise to appear to justify the actions.
they have also added a station at darling park
hi,
i was wondering what was the carnival at 9:10 and what
happened to it??
6 years before it closed they renamed park plaza gallerys victora and added chinatown to the circut
City centre station was very unique. Inside a literal multi floor building instead of a usual monorail station
Very convenient for passengers! The monorail in Wuppertal, Germany has a station similar in theme.
@VirginTrainsRules There is a very good reason for that - the trains were the same!
Comparing Merry Hill monorail with the monorail at Birmingham International airport when it was running, the Merry Hill one is a lot more noisier!
It's a shame that the Monorail is going to be torn down in the future.
It was nostalgia. Looked cool, never got to ride it though.
it closed in 2013
Yeah I know I moved to Sydney then and I just missed out on the monorail so yeah it sucks but I did visit Sydney back in 2008 and had the chance to go on one which is really good.
cool! i like it!
Same.
Me too!
@stuartthegrant London has little need for it as it has an extensive underground system (north London anyway)
Not liked by many people in Sydney when it went up because it is very in your face
i live in sydney so i now why they took it down
the monorail went nowhere it was useless nobody used it (exept tourists)
the took it down because it was in the way of the new convention center
they have extended the light rail from lilyfield to dulwich hill
Joshua Anderson ah that's what it was that did it!
If the monorail was the city circling the city with the airport. More people would of used it.
The type of monorail train used was only low capacity, it would not have coped with the numbers of people using it.
Not liked by many people in Sydney because it didn,t go anywhere usefull for the general public for every day or regular transport
Hahaha $2 back then..... now its around $6 for it..... fuck
And it's gone... sh!tballs
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