Tuesday 6 December 2016

St Peters, railway station

This contemporary building at St Peters dwarfs the heritage buildings on the platform of St Peters railway station, in the inner city suburb of St Peters. The station opened in 1884 as part of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville and later also served the Bankstown and East Hills. Since the early 1990s only services on the Bankstown line stop here.

11 comments:

  1. Wow, those are strange-looking apartment buildings. I like the neat railway station. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jo

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  2. quite a contrast between the modern buildings and the old railway station.

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  3. Good comparison photo. The heritage buildings appear to be in good condition.

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  4. Jim the places you photograph are always so neat and clean that it amazes me and I know I've told you that before!!...:)JP

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  5. Hi Jim — I've always loved trains and train stations. At least the tall buildings behind the station are attractive in a very modern way, so as not to look incongruous with the station.
    K

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    1. There is some graffiti around this place as you do seem to find around railway stations these days but I happened to find a good angle that avoided it all.

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  6. What do the four contemporary buildings at St Peters do? Do they have anything to do with the trains? If they are blocks of flats, are the residents disturbed by the sound of the trains?

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    1. I believe they are blocks of flats/apartments. I think the noise factor might explain why most of the windows are on the front and side.

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  7. Love the station and dislike the sore thumbs of the new buildings behind it, Jim. What are city planners thinking?
    Thanks for linking up with the Travel Tuesday meme, hope to see you join me there again this week.

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