Sydney's Lost Western Suburbs Tram Lines

The Western Suburbs Tram Lines were a significant part of the Sydney System. And they were also probably the most complex. Not only did they run in non direct routes due to the topography of the harbour and its bays, but they also crisscrossed each other, changed service patterns over the years and were interconnected with lines from other depots. The Western Lines, also known as "The Red Lines" after the colour of the destination symbols and also "The George Street Lines" because they ran from Circular Quay, Millers Point and Fort Macquarie down George Street and once past Railway Square the lines then fanned north and west to various destinations. Note: At 2 mins in the video I did say the lines went north to Lane Cove. I misspoke. I meant to say "north to Ryde". Later versions have edited this comment out. As always, videos on this channel are not meant to be 100% accurate historical records. Having said this, we do try to ensure they are factually correct by using multiple sources from what we think are credible books, websites, blogs and articles. It's worth nothing that Sydney's original tramlines didn't use colours (or even route numbers) to denote lines - instead they used the 'termini' of each line as their names. In the route animations we have arbitrarily selected colours to differentiate the lines visually on the maps.