Sydney Monorail opening - Channel 9

The opening of the Sydney Monorail as told by Channel 9 in 1988.

[@geoshotss]

"being sick" aged like fine wine in these pandemic times lol

[@XKT035]

“What about us brain dead slobs?” “ you’ll be given cushy jobs”

[@MrCarlSir]

No slobs...I love how that's an official definition, wish they'd put that policy in force for the trains and buses!

[@shotfirer1972]

Just heard the monorail is getting dismantled. As I watched this I heard it on the radio ... Weird Good to see Jim reading news'

[@kiltsonfire164]

It's a shame. I loved going to the Monorail whenever i visited the city of Sydney. It will be a sad day when it's dismantled.

[@Hunglow1000ute]

it will never happen

[@melletios8150]

I Love the mon rail, serioulsy coool , yeah!

[@88fredmcfred]

Wow - the 80s - when the NSW Government was vaguely competent.

[@TheAxelay]

Jeez man, I not sure if this coverage was before or after the World Expo 88 (which we'll sadly never ever see again..). But I kinda understand where they are going with this as atleast it's within the public's best interest or duty of care aspect?! I remember that I want to go on that monorail as a kid but I was from melbourne (we had and still kinda have the "light rail" which tried to combat this?!) and it wasn't until 2013 that I finally visited Sydney but at it's dying stages of it's monorail which was on the proceeds of being decommissioned in that year. So disappointed as the ticket prices were around $25 or even more?! I think I might of seen it barely around that time?! Oh well the 80's to me was the time it would've been worth visiting Sydney and I already knew I was going to be disappointed in seeing it in the 21st century. Well atleast Sydney now has it's long dead tram system resurrected and back online so someday I may even see that and guess what?! It's even better than melbournes once famous now dull system so there's that atleast sigh....

[@whophd]

I think these strict measures make more sense in the context of the car lobby pushing for large CBD carparks for the first time in the 1980s … they finally got their way but had to have them in Darling Harbour, and people needed to use the Monorail as a "civilised" public transport, not like the other trains and buses the poor people used. It was for people who could afford to drive (and buy petrol) only.

[@TheAxelay]

Fastforward to 2012 ,no one even uses it anyhow lol.

[@Timst3R]

Anyone else here after watching Two Hands on Netflix? RIP Heath Ledger

[@user-kc1tf7zm3b]

Brash’s music and electronics store, Timezone video game arcade, Pizza Hut and Greater Union cinema was across the road on Pitt St. But, all these shops and attractions were demolished in 2010.

[@user-kc1tf7zm3b]

The Park Plaza and World Square were part of derelict and abandoned construction sites for many, many years through the 1990s and into the 2000s. The early 1990s recession played a role with these construction stalls. Park Plaza’s adjacent building, the Citigroup Centre, opened in 2000. The World Square was not fully completed until 2007, nearly two decades after the monorail commenced services. 🚝

[@Scrige]

how things have changed...

[@CameraMan66]

Wearing dirty clothes gives you a $2,000 dollar fine! Wow back then the rules were strict!

[@PLANETIA01]

LOL! What a joke now that we have COVID-19.

[@4001firstdiesel]

@rowie0210 It's a monorail driver, not a tram conductor

[@Antphoneigh]

OMG this sounds like covid rules!

[@GG-ud8id]

They were on to something by excluding people with colds....

[@ec7152]

didnt last long obvs

[@sanctuaryism]

all I saw was a middle aged man being followed around with a cold mostly hahahaha...

[@puddles5501]

lololol presumably all those fascist restrictions are the reason it died