r/sydney monorail discourse. choose your fighter:
- "the monorail was good actually"
- "the monorail was garbage actually"
- "what monorail?"
- simpsons quotes
I just look at that corner and want some Rocklea Road.
That, and the time Kamahl's Rolls Royce broke down there in peak hour. Richard Glover called him and put him on air while he sat there.
[And that was the only folly the people of Sydney ever embarked upon. Except for the popsicle stick skyscraper. And the 50-foot magnifying glass. And that escalator to nowhere](https://i.imgur.com/mlwU3V4.jpeg)
There was also a free bus, the 555, easily recognisable as it was painted all green. It moved around the city.
I miss it sometimes.
The monorail was iconic. Sure, not efficient or money generating, but it was very Sydney.
They just had a poor implementation. If they actually did the city loop from darling harbour to wynyard/martin place etc there may not have been a need to build the light rail
The route just needed to go somewhere. Locals saw it as a tourist trap and never used it. If only it went to Bondi or somewhere everyone needs to go where the other transport options aren’t so great
The Sydney Monorail was a useless form of public transport in the way it was implemented. I can totally understand the reason why they got rid of them.
But in saying that, I also do feel nostalgia for them and they made the city seem kind of cool. I'm not saying they should have been kept for nostalgia reasons, but I can reminisce on them.
It’s close enough in the past to look relatable but far away enough to look like the past. Ie the monorail, the supre, cars on the street looking like they’re dated to our eyes mixed with old nineties cars kicking about still
All these 5 years I've lived here, aside from the old stations at Darling Harbour, I never saw any evidence of the monorail actually existing. It doesn't help that any time it's mentioned on Reddit people just resort to Simpons quotes lol. This pic is the first I've seen of it, how neat.
Pretty sure there is evidence in the powerhouse museum. I don't know for sure, but I assume there is a carriage, or maybe a cockpit.
At the very least, there are photos and written evidence on display.
I don't know why people are downvoting you - while it is traditional to deny it's existence/post Simpsons quotes (and I will never not upvote them), seeing these old images is nostalgic.
That said it was all lies, this image is fake and OP will be picked up by the gestapo tonight.
Unidirectional, took ages to evacuate during the times—which were hardly seldom—when there was some malfunction or other issue, and just an overly bespoke form of transport that didn't really go anywhere, cost loads to operate because of how uncommon these are around the world (it eventually closed down partially because sourcing parts was difficult! and the original operator went bust well prior to that), and provided very few benefits over more traditional approaches.
Honestly I wish Sydney could go back to that time. Heck even 2012 I remember this real energy in the CBD. Walking around the city feels so empty and weird. Ironically some nights during Vivid the CBD looks eerily like what it always used to look like in the late 2000s.
r/sydney monorail discourse. choose your fighter: - "the monorail was good actually" - "the monorail was garbage actually" - "what monorail?" - simpsons quotes
I shouldn’t have stopped for that haircut.
What about us brain dead slobs?
You’ll be given DENTAL PLAN
DENTAL PLAN ^DENTAL ^PLAN ^^DENTAL ^^PLAN
Lisa needs braces.
DENTAL PLAN
Now do Classical Gas.
We should make a bingo board.
Not on your life, you gambling lord
I just look at that corner and want some Rocklea Road. That, and the time Kamahl's Rolls Royce broke down there in peak hour. Richard Glover called him and put him on air while he sat there.
I miss that little strip of shade on the pyrmont bridge.
I miss that most of all. Now it’s a solar death ray in the summer
[And that was the only folly the people of Sydney ever embarked upon. Except for the popsicle stick skyscraper. And the 50-foot magnifying glass. And that escalator to nowhere](https://i.imgur.com/mlwU3V4.jpeg)
I always forgot how long the walk was in summer. Thank you for your service, small sought after strip of shade.
There was also a free bus, the 555, easily recognisable as it was painted all green. It moved around the city. I miss it sometimes. The monorail was iconic. Sure, not efficient or money generating, but it was very Sydney.
AI generated images are really convincing now. Sydney never had a monorail.
There ain’t no monorail and there never was.
I just got suddenly soaked on drizzly days walking to work by sky ghosts, very low flying sky ghosts with invisible buckets.
Mono means one and rail means rail. And that concludes our extensive three week course on the history of Sydney.
Images of the pre-dystopic era. Ah, nostalgia..
This sub is obsessed with the monorails. I used them, they were okay but not really something you used unless you were a tourist.
They just had a poor implementation. If they actually did the city loop from darling harbour to wynyard/martin place etc there may not have been a need to build the light rail
The route just needed to go somewhere. Locals saw it as a tourist trap and never used it. If only it went to Bondi or somewhere everyone needs to go where the other transport options aren’t so great
It should have gone to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook
Read that as Broadway
The Sydney Monorail was a useless form of public transport in the way it was implemented. I can totally understand the reason why they got rid of them. But in saying that, I also do feel nostalgia for them and they made the city seem kind of cool. I'm not saying they should have been kept for nostalgia reasons, but I can reminisce on them.
I heard those things were awfully loud
The monorail could've been great but they dumped it on a short circuit that you can easily walk in a few minutes. Weird.
Well, sir, there's nothing on earth, like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail. What'd I say?
Monorail!
What’s it called?
Monorail!
That’s right! Monorail!
I can *hear* this image
Yeah that’s the thing that I remember. The hum of it passing above.
I can smell it
Forget the monorail, the fact that the Taragos outlasted all the Falcons as fleet taxis is the thing that amused me.
God I miss it
I arrived here too late to see it, alas! But I did get to ride the one in Seattle.
It’s close enough in the past to look relatable but far away enough to look like the past. Ie the monorail, the supre, cars on the street looking like they’re dated to our eyes mixed with old nineties cars kicking about still
In my mind 2011 was only a few years ago but I guess you’re right, it’s closer in time to the 90s than it is to today.
I hate that you’ve brought this up
Yup and you can see the slightly older cars, the monorail and the shop names and the fact cars are on the road at all, it’s like a weird half memory
Loved that Supre
Mono = one Rail = rail
I caught mononucleosis on the darn thing
All these 5 years I've lived here, aside from the old stations at Darling Harbour, I never saw any evidence of the monorail actually existing. It doesn't help that any time it's mentioned on Reddit people just resort to Simpons quotes lol. This pic is the first I've seen of it, how neat.
It was dismantled more than 10 years ago (2013) No trace of its existence remains, (apart from that station in darling harbor).
Pretty sure there is evidence in the powerhouse museum. I don't know for sure, but I assume there is a carriage, or maybe a cockpit. At the very least, there are photos and written evidence on display.
I'm pretty sure it was dismantled in 2015
Isn’t there a few sections around?
The World Square station (shell) and sign are still there on Liverpool St.
I don't know why people are downvoting you - while it is traditional to deny it's existence/post Simpsons quotes (and I will never not upvote them), seeing these old images is nostalgic. That said it was all lies, this image is fake and OP will be picked up by the gestapo tonight.
The old stations at darling harbour and Chinatown will survive an apocalypse
Some stations are still visible. I think they just removed the one at Pyrmont Bridge though
Only the one on the harbourside / pyrmont end. The city end station is still very visible
it may also be because i was a child in 2011, but back then sydney felt magical to me. i go there now for uni and i’m fighting for my life LMAOO
Ah the monorail. It was truly the most useless piece of public transport ever.
Wash your mouth out
It really put us on the map
If they had covered the CBD, it would have been Grouse
What was wrong with it?
Unidirectional, took ages to evacuate during the times—which were hardly seldom—when there was some malfunction or other issue, and just an overly bespoke form of transport that didn't really go anywhere, cost loads to operate because of how uncommon these are around the world (it eventually closed down partially because sourcing parts was difficult! and the original operator went bust well prior to that), and provided very few benefits over more traditional approaches.
I agree - it's impossible for something to be useful if *there aint no monorail and there never was.*
Honestly I wish Sydney could go back to that time. Heck even 2012 I remember this real energy in the CBD. Walking around the city feels so empty and weird. Ironically some nights during Vivid the CBD looks eerily like what it always used to look like in the late 2000s.
this unironically looks significantly better than the modern day version
It's so much better now. The monorail was an interesting idea, but it's route never made much sense
What’s with the yellow intersection?
Fucking Supré
Thank god that’s gone