Amusement Parks and Zoos

[Greg King]

Can't argue with that.
Greg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Donald Galt <galtfd at att.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: Amusement Parks and Zoos


> 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
>