Day: 2022-03-14

Access by Trams and Trains in Sydney and Melbourne in the 1920s

| David Levinson

Access by Trams and Trains in Sydney and Melbourne in the 1920s. Sydney map by Bahman Lahoorpoor inspired by map of Melbourne

Map of Sydney and Suburbs showing railway lines including trams. (1925)
Map of Sydney and Suburbs showing railway lines including trams, buffered. (1925)
Metropolitan Town Planning Commission Map of Melbourne and Environs: Minimum Railway and Tramway Time Zones.

[Cam Booth sells a restored version of the Melbourne map, suitable for framing]

The analysis of Sydney can be found here:

  • Lahoorpoor, B. and Levinson, D. (2022) In Search of Lost Trams: Comparing 1925 and 2020 Transit Isochrones in Sydney.  Findings, March. [doi]