Historical images
Take a look back in time along the new Metro line between Chatswood and Sydenham.
![A black and white photo looking down at a station platform as a steam train preparing to depart at Chatswood Railway Station in 1910.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25201.jpg?itok=WBIJ26N_)
Chatswood
A steam train prepares to depart Chatswood Railway Station in 1910. Photo courtesy of Willoughby City Library Services.
![A black and white photo looking down at a station platform as a steam train preparing to depart at Chatswood Railway Station in 1910.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25201.jpg?h=d171d53e&itok=nL_DqrGJ)
![A black and white photo of commuters waiting at the platform as a steam train arrives at Chatswood Railway Station during Willoughby Centenary celebrations in 1965.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25202.png?itok=tyVu3qro)
Chatswood
A steam train at Chatswood Railway Station during Willoughby Centenary celebrations in 1965. Photo courtesy of Willoughby City Library Services.
![A black and white photo of commuters waiting at the platform as a steam train arrives at Chatswood Railway Station during Willoughby Centenary celebrations in 1965.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25202.png?itok=1RK0i8Sc)
![Black and white photo of horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles outside Hill Bros. Importers, Chatswood in 1904](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25202.jpg?h=fc8de5d9&itok=0bmO75tP)
Chatswood
Horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles outside Hill Bros. Importers, Chatswood in 1904. Photo courtesy of Willoughby City Library Services.
![Black and white photo of horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles outside Hill Bros. Importers, Chatswood in 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Chatswood%25202.jpg?h=ff2af14a&itok=Go88WRxS)
![Black and white photo of Kents Corner, Crows Nest Junction.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520PF898.3.jpg?itok=lmFee0-j)
Crows Nest
Kents Corner, Crows Nest Junction. Photo courtesy of State Library of New South Wales.
![Black and white photo of Kents Corner, Crows Nest Junction.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520PF898.3.jpg?itok=PIK8ps0L)
![A black and white photo on a faded yellow background of horse and carriages outside of Lambert’s Coach Factory, Crows Nest.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520000091.jpg?itok=ckQ__ZAG)
Crows Nest
Lambert’s Coach Factory, Crows Nest.
![A black and white photo on a faded yellow background of horse and carriages outside of Lambert’s Coach Factory, Crows Nest.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520000091.jpg?itok=eojfzpFV)
![Black and white photo of a tram travelling north along Willoughby Road, Crows Nest.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520PF610.jpg?itok=iWb4up9G)
Crows Nest
Tram travelling north along Willoughby Road, Crows Nest. Photo courtesy of Sydney Tramway Museum.
![Black and white photo of a tram travelling north along Willoughby Road, Crows Nest.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Crows%2520Nest%2520PF610.jpg?itok=RqElhnQH)
![Black and white photo of trams and cars travelling on the Pacific Highway, North Sydney](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25201.jpg?h=c334e16f&itok=qdJHPZXw)
Victoria Cross
Trams and cars travelling on the Pacific Highway, North Sydney. c.1950s. Photo courtesy of the Sydney Tramway Museum.
![Black and white photo of trams and cars travelling on the Pacific Highway, North Sydney](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25201.jpg?itok=uuLBjuGT)
![A colourised photo of people standing outside of the North Sydney Post Office, circa 1900s.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25202.jpg?itok=tSHGbLsV)
Victoria Cross
North Sydney Post Office. c.1900s - Postcard produced by Harding & Billing.
![A colourised photo of people standing outside of the North Sydney Post Office, circa 1900s.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25202.jpg?itok=2NmEPFhL)
![Old and damaged photograph of people walking down a street in North Sydney.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25203.jpg?itok=U3wqfx0M)
Victoria Cross
Photo courtesy of North Sydney Heritage Centre, Stanton Library.
![Old and damaged photograph of people walking down a street in North Sydney.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Victoria%2520Cross%25203.jpg?h=cfb84056&itok=lDB4j7X8)
![](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Aerial_view_Blues_Point_Tower_on_Blues_Point_1963.jpg?h=20a998fb&itok=WsC44kEr)
McMahons Point and Blues Point Reserve
1974. Courtesy of NSW Department of Planning & Environment.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Aerial_view_Blues_Point_Tower_on_Blues_Point_1963.jpg?h=b132eb65&itok=zWyji4Tc)
![An old black and white image of Sawmillers Reserve and adjacent foreshore to Blues Point, 1984](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Sawmillers_Reserve_adjacent_foreshore_to_Blues_Point.jpg?itok=wu3C4veo)
Blues Point
Sawmillers Reserve and adjacent foreshore to Blues Point, 1984. Courtesy of Kirribilli Camera Club.
![An old black and white image of Sawmillers Reserve and adjacent foreshore to Blues Point, 1984](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Sawmillers_Reserve_adjacent_foreshore_to_Blues_Point.jpg?h=d3aa4ec2&itok=mngU5uGb)
![Black and white photograph of an aerial view of Sydney Harbour in 1980s.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520028603.jpg?itok=eOzClYQR)
Barangaroo
Aerial photograph, 1980's. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #028603.
![Black and white photograph of an aerial view of Sydney Harbour in 1980s.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520028603.jpg?itok=NrjLM9Tv)
![Black and white photo of the old Whaler's Arms Hotel, on the corner of Gloucester and Essex Streets, c. 1901.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520005044.jpg?itok=0j0d0YxG)
Barangaroo
Whaler's Arms Hotel, corner of Gloucester and Essex Streets, c. 1901. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #005044.
![Black and white photo of the old Whaler's Arms Hotel, on the corner of Gloucester and Essex Streets, c. 1901.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520005044.jpg?itok=6GaGta_C)
![Black and white photo of a rooftop view of Millers Point as seen from McMahons Point in 1870.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520081660.jpg?itok=ZiGMK_og)
Barangaroo
Millers Point as seen from McMahons Point, c. 1870. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #081660.
![Black and white photo of a rooftop view of Millers Point as seen from McMahons Point in 1870.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Barangaroo%2520081660.jpg?itok=CuG-Y3go)
![Customers travelling by tram, corner of Park and Pitt streets](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25201.jpg?h=b809566d&itok=9IWS2Kn1)
Pitt Street
Customers travelling by tram, corner of Park and Pitt streets, c.1950. Photo courtesy of the City of Sydney Archives. Ref #000298
![Customers travelling by tram, corner of Park and Pitt streets](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25201.jpg?h=d248f011&itok=AjftYdZp)
![Sepia coloured photo of people gathering at the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park North, c.1930.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25202.png?itok=ejyhJQwy)
Pitt Street
People gathering at the Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park North, c.1930. Photo courtesy of the City of Sydney Archives. Ref #035723
![Sepia coloured photo of people gathering at the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park North, c.1930.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25202.png?itok=Kg6mKZBn)
![Black and white photo of people and cars on a busy Pitt Street in the CBD, c.1930s.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25203.jpg?itok=kkELP28P)
Pitt Street
A busy Pitt Street in the CBD, c.1930s. Photo courtesy of the City of Sydney Archives. Ref #059249
![Black and white photo of people and cars on a busy Pitt Street in the CBD, c.1930s.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Pitt%2520Street%25203.jpg?itok=h74TkMwj)
![Black and white photo of a building on the North-west corner of Hunter and Bligh Street](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25201.png?h=2cae8011&itok=9dmkQ_Lk)
Martin Place
North-west corner of Hunter and Bligh Streets, 1922. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #001192
![Black and white photo of a building on the North-west corner of Hunter and Bligh Street](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25201.png?h=adc8be12&itok=M2s46lMC)
![Black and white photo of a building on the South-west corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25202.png?itok=LLFhRdS_)
Martin Place
South-west corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets, c1907. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #000198
![Black and white photo of a building on the South-west corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25202.png?h=d07d624d&itok=A-VyeLs5)
![Black and white photo of people walking down Elizabeth Street looking south from the corner of Hunter Street](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25203.jpg?itok=2mIlqTL5)
Martin Place
Elizabeth Street looking south from the corner of Hunter Street, 1933. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #005825
![Black and white photo of people walking down Elizabeth Street looking south from the corner of Hunter Street](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Martin%2520Place%25203.jpg?h=a6e12dcd&itok=geChUwHp)
Regent Street
The Emu Inn - a two-storey sandstone and slate terrace in Chippendale, c1913.
Regent Street
Two-storey sandstone terraces on Kensington Street, Chippendale, c1909-1913.
Regent Street
A tram running along Regent Street, Chippendale in 1953.
Central
Central Station Grand Concourse, postcard, c.1908. City of Sydney Archives: 000245
![Central Station and City Circle line construction, viewed south from Goulburn Street, c.1925 (City of Sydney Archives: 000257)](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/000257.jpg?itok=AdsURHKU)
Central
Central Station and City Circle line construction, viewed south from Goulburn Street, c.1925. City of Sydney Archives: 000257
![Central Station and City Circle line construction, viewed south from Goulburn Street, c.1925 (City of Sydney Archives: 000257)](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/000257.jpg?itok=-kIe3fG9)
![A photograph from 1954 showing a bird's eye view of old trams and busses outside of Central Station on Eddy Avenue (image from City of Sydney Archives:044520)](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/044520_v2.jpg?itok=TlWXjRWP)
Central
Eddy Avenue, Central Station, 1954. City of Sydney Archives: 044520
![A photograph from 1954 showing a bird's eye view of old trams and busses outside of Central Station on Eddy Avenue (image from City of Sydney Archives:044520)](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/044520_v2.jpg?itok=YuFWkg6v)
![An image from 1957 of the corner of Elizabeth and Chalmers Street, Surry Hills showing commuters crossing the road with a tram on the tracks, cars parked and a bus in the background (Image is from City of Sydney Archives: 044664)](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/044664_v2.jpg?itok=ifhRnm85)
Central
Corner of Elizabeth and Chalmers Streets, Surry Hills, 1957. City of Sydney Archives: 044664
![An image from 1957 of the corner of Elizabeth and Chalmers Street, Surry Hills showing commuters crossing the road with a tram on the tracks, cars parked and a bus in the background (Image is from City of Sydney Archives: 044664)](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/044664_v2.jpg?itok=8L8agdbZ)
![A photo from the City of Sydney Archives: 051080, showing commuters outside of Central station in cars and horse drawn carriages along south of Pitt Street.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/051080_v2.jpg?itok=PlToQAuG)
Central
Central Station, viewed south along Pitt Street from Barlow Street, 1923. City of Sydney Archives: 051080
![A photo from the City of Sydney Archives: 051080, showing commuters outside of Central station in cars and horse drawn carriages along south of Pitt Street.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/051080_v2.jpg?itok=Mm04sZnb)
![A Historic Photo of Belmore Markets and Central Station, viewed south from Campbell Street, c.1906 (City of Sydney Archives: 053773)](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/053773a_v2.jpg?itok=v36UcP-_)
Central
Belmore Markets and Central Station, viewed south from Campbell Street, c.1906. City of Sydney Archives: 053773
![A Historic Photo of Belmore Markets and Central Station, viewed south from Campbell Street, c.1906 (City of Sydney Archives: 053773)](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/053773a_v2.jpg?h=e9fe49f6&itok=hNmzNzyu)
![Black and white photo of the Australian Hotel on the corner.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520044854.jpg?itok=GbSa_MeI)
Waterloo
Australian Hotel, north-east corner of Cope and Wellington Streets, c.1950's. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #044854.
![Black and white photo of the Australian Hotel on the corner.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520044854.jpg?itok=Z89gxnta)
![Black and white photo of an old car parked on Wellington Street in 1961.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520032687.jpg?itok=0aCccX4f)
Waterloo
View north from the corner of Wellington and Cooper Streets, 1961. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #032687.
![Black and white photo of an old car parked on Wellington Street in 1961.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520032687.jpg?itok=nCwvB9RH)
![Black and white photo of a tram heading down Botany and Henderson Roads in 1953.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520044291.jpg?itok=ICAfdbtg)
Waterloo
View south from the corner of Botany and Henderson Roads, 1953. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney Archives. Ref #044291.
![Black and white photo of a tram heading down Botany and Henderson Roads in 1953.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Waterloo%2520044291.jpg?itok=DHgFlWYW)
![A black and white image of Cooks River Road, Sydnebgam from 1928 showing the road with old tram tracks to the right of the image and a tram in the background (Image Courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History)](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Cooks_River_Road_Sydenham_1928.jpg?h=2fd3caf7&itok=YMDuQhiU)
Sydenham
Cooks River Road, Sydenham, 1928. Image Courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History.
![A black and white image of Cooks River Road, Sydnebgam from 1928 showing the road with old tram tracks to the right of the image and a tram in the background (Image Courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History)](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Cooks_River_Road_Sydenham_1928.jpg?h=8e7ac947&itok=uAv_P_Ba)
![An old black and white photo of Sydenham Railway Station in circa 1910. The title 'Sydenham Railway Station' is at the bottom of the image.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Postcard21_A%2520%2528Sydenham%2520historical%25203%2529.jpg?itok=9nYvCpSC)
Sydenham
Sydenham Railway Station, c1910. Image Courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History.
![An old black and white photo of Sydenham Railway Station in circa 1910. The title 'Sydenham Railway Station' is at the bottom of the image.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Postcard21_A%2520%2528Sydenham%2520historical%25203%2529.jpg?h=884fc51a&itok=uh3mr4DW)
![](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Kirby_and_Sons_Sydenham_c1950s.jpg?itok=mUGTBd_J)
Sydenham
Kirby & Sons corner store, Sydenham, c1950s. Image Courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Kirby_and_Sons_Sydenham_c1950s.jpg?itok=70pzRXuU)
![Black and white photo of shops on Marrickville Road near Illawarra Road.](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Marrickville%25201.jpg?itok=qq4D5aOZ)
Marrickville
Marrickville Road near Illawarra Road, 1922. Photo courtesy of Inner West Library and History.
![Black and white photo of shops on Marrickville Road near Illawarra Road.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Marrickville%25201.jpg?h=5feda953&itok=4BvZCR3t)
![Marrickville Shopping Centre on Illawarra Road, 1936](https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/styles/media_tiles/public/2021-09/Marrickville%25202.png?h=3539afe1&itok=d6WKp8RL)
Marrickville
Marrickville Shopping Centre on Illawarra Road, 1936. Photo courtesy of Inner West Library and History.
![Marrickville Shopping Centre on Illawarra Road, 1936](/sites/default/files/styles/media_gallery_lightbox/public/2021-09/Marrickville%25202.png?itok=r3j6XKFz)
Marrickville
A procession outside Marrickville Hospital in the 1920s. Photo courtesy of Inner West Library and History.