Australian Railway History Magazine March 2023 Back Issue

Long before the Western Sydney Airport and the proposal of a driverless metro, there was another political proposal to build a line into the Western Sydney region to Mulgoa and it serves as a great case study on the time and have those attitudes towards rail building really changed?
Next up we take an historically exciting time at the WAGR when the steam was starting to decline and oil barrels were appearing in rail depots in 1971.
Lastly for many years Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, boasted a public transport network consisting of trains, trams, trolley buses, motor buses, and ferries. The suburban rail service, although comparatively small, formed its backbone, linking the CBD with the northern suburbs. Residents relied on the rail service to get them to and from work but with the increasing popularity of private motor cars and competition from trams, the railway struggled to maintain its share of passengers. Although the suburban rail service outlived trams and trolley buses, political parties of all persuasions made promises they could not keep. It became a victim of 1970s economic rationalism, with motor buses taking over all transport options in the city.