Eddy Avenue

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Westbound view in March 2016

Eddy Avenue is a street in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. It runs west from Elizabeth Street to Pitt Street outside Central station.

Description

Eddy Avenue runs in a north-westerly direction for 200 metres from Elizabeth Street to Pitt Street. To the north Belmore Park runs along its full length, while to the south is Central station.

Three lanes of road traffic run in each direction. On its northern side it has a row of bus stops that are served by State Transit services to the Eastern Suburbs. On the southern side, two bus stands were served by Sydney Buses services to Railway Square and Greyhound Australia interstate services. In April 2017, the coach bays relocated to the western forecourt of Central station. [1] Since the introduction of the light rail services, the Big Bus Sydney sightseeing services stop in Pitt Street just south of Eddy Avenue.

Until the early 1960s, Eddy Avenue had tram lines running down its central reservation. The CBD and South East Light Rail commenced operation along Eddy Avenue in December 2019 after construction commended in May 2017. [2] In July 1990, the 1910 built tram waiting shed was demolished as part of the construction of the coach terminal. [3]

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References

  1. Central Station Coach Terminal to relocate to Western Forecourt Transport for New South Wales 29 March 2017
  2. Major construction schedule for CBD and South East Light Rail Archived 2016-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Transport for New South Wales
  3. "Sydney Tramway Relic Goes" Trolley Wire issue 243 November 1990 page 43