City Railway Scheme recommended by the Royal Commission in 1890

Scarce detailed c.20th map showing the extent of improvements to the rail network recommended by the 1890 Royal Commission.

In 1913 Bradfield was made chief engineer for metropolitan railway construction. Plans for a city railway were already well developed by his predecessors. The following year Bradfield went overseas to investigate new approaches to metropolitan railway construction. Early the following year he reported on the proposed electric lines for the city of Sydney.  Most of his proposals were deferred as a general war economy measure. Bradfield stated, ‘The transit problems of greater Sydney’, that his scheme of suburban electrification would benefit large property owners, new home purchasers and the general public by opening up new land, with quicker transport and cheaper fares. He predicted that Sydney’s population would reach at least 2,226,000 by 1950.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 970121
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS Q91/38 , Q91/37
State Library Victoria: SF 621.33 B727
City of Sydney Archives, The Dictionary of Sydney.: LIB-00017631
New York Public Library: 3-TPYM (Bradfield, J. J. C.)