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July 2024: Reprint coming soon!

The Evolution of Melbourne & Sydney’s Metropolitan Railways from Federation to Pre-Pandemic

From the beginnings of Australia’s first electrified suburban railways one hundred years ago, electric trains have carried passengers in their millions in Melbourne and Sydney. A Tale of Two Systems celebrates the birth and development of both Melbourne & Sydney’s electric railways, showcasing how railway electrification was the nation building enterprise of the early 20th Century, and how these railways became the public transport backbones of their home cities.

ARHS NSW Publications. 337 pages, black & white & colour photographs.

Authored by Alex Wardrop, 2022.