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Sometimes, one takes photos just for the hell of it… and you continue on to where-ever you were going. So when you look back through the photos, you are pleasantly surprised… and to realise that Sydney is a city of escalators…

Following is the Station Dome in Wynyard Park and the escalator down to Wynyard Station (access from the east side of Wynyard Park in Sydney NSW).

Station Dome and Escalator down to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Station Dome and Escalator down to Wynyard Station from east side of Wynyard Park, Sydney NSW

Entrance to the escalators at Brookfield Place, George Street, Sydney leading down to Wynyard Station.

Escalators at Brookfield Place, George Street, Sydney NSW
Escalators at Brookfield Place, George Street, Sydney NSW

More escalators in Sydney, linking to Wynyard Station.

Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW
Escalators linking to Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW

And the escalators at Sydney Central Railway Station.

Escalators, Central Railway Station, Sydney NSW © Amy Wong
Escalators, Central Railway Station, Sydney NSW © Amy Wong

Some other trivia:

  • Central Station to house the Southern Hemisphere’s longest escalators.
    the project includes 42 escalators, which when put end to end, makes the escalators 955 metres.
  • Sydney’s Moving Walking (also known as a Travelator) – the longest moving walkway in the Southern Hemisphere is at The Domain. It passes through a tunnel under The Domain, linking The Domain Car Park near Woolloomoloo Bay, to College Street and the northern end of Hyde Park.
Escalators in Sydney Custom House NSW
Escalators in Sydney Custom House NSW

In the following photo is the striking sculptural artwork titled Interloop, 2017 by artist Chris Fox. Using the original wooden 1930s OTIS escalator treads in a kilometre of welding, this sculptural artwork hovers above the York Street escalators of Sydney’s heritage-listed Wynyard railway station.

Interloop by artist Chris Fox, 2017

Following is one of the sets of escalator that take in the magnificent Cartwheel Window in the Queen Victoria Building.

Stained glass windows, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW
Stained glass windows, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW

From the escalators in the QVB, you can look down on some of the magnificent heritage tiles that can seen, as well as look up at the magnificent two clocks at both ends of the QVB, including the Great Australian Clock.

Great Australian Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW
Great Australian Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW

Footnote & References

  1. City of Sydney, https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/

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