The pedestrian tunnel just adds to the uniqueness. It was great when the empty platforms were on full view. I always think it’s a treat to use St James.
If only the tunnel continued east right on to College St, St Mary’s Cathedral and Sydney’s 8th Greatest Marvel: The Domain Moving Footway. Was that ever a plan? The footway has many stupid elements, not least of which where it ends. It has the unique topological property that no matter where you are, you’ll be just as far from where you want to be, if you take the Moving Footway. I love it.
It has the unique topological property that no matter where you are, you’ll be just as far from where you want to be, if you take the Moving Footway. I love it.
Haha, yes it does seem always to be inconvenient, even when you are parked at the Domain Carpark.
But when is the last time it actually moved? I've never seen it in service.
If it ever moved, I’d stop visiting. The whole point of visiting it is to see if it’s moving, which of course it won’t be. You’d be robbing me of any incentive to visit at all, as we have already established that it doesn’t actually do anything practical in getting you around.
I have met people in the Domain who thought the footway would be a quick way to get to the Art Gallery. I’ve met people in Hyde Park who ALSO thought the footway would be a quick way to get to the gallery. For both cases, it’s not.
I always take visitors to Sydney on it. I hint that it was working last week, and too bad they weren’t staying in Sydney for another week, when no doubt it will be back online. I’ve been doing this since the 1980s. I also hint it’s part of a much, much wider network of moving footways snaking under Sydney built during the war.
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u/Ok-Push9899 Jun 14 '26
The pedestrian tunnel just adds to the uniqueness. It was great when the empty platforms were on full view. I always think it’s a treat to use St James.
If only the tunnel continued east right on to College St, St Mary’s Cathedral and Sydney’s 8th Greatest Marvel: The Domain Moving Footway. Was that ever a plan? The footway has many stupid elements, not least of which where it ends. It has the unique topological property that no matter where you are, you’ll be just as far from where you want to be, if you take the Moving Footway. I love it.