Amusement Parks and Zoos

[Donald Galt]

On 6 Oct 00, at 19:24, Greg King wrote:

> [Sydney's Luna Park] has a nearby Electric MU line
> and had (till 1958) a nearby tram route as well, Only
> Melbourne has/had so many tram routes passing the front
> door.

Not to disparage Melbourne, but there were trams running from 
Wynyard to Chatswood, Lane Cove, Cammeray (at one time, 
Northbridge), Taronga Park, The Spit and Balmoral (through service 
from Balmoral to Wynyard ceased after WW2.) I don't think that St. 
Kilda's Luna Park ever boasted anything approaching this many 
services. Even with the Sydney's rather long headways, there were 
something like 22 trams passing in each direction in a typical mid-
day hour.

Melbourne is, of course, nonpareil for longevity.

Sydney's Luna Park is very intimately connected with railways, 
having arisen on the site of the Milson's Point station yards. Briefly, 
from electrification in 1927 until the opening of the bridge in 1932, 
MU trains ran right through the heart of what are now its grounds.

Can't get much closer than that       :-)

Don