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Perhaps dates of construction/commencement of service should be included?

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[edit] Disused station?

I took a trip around the Sydney monorail this morning, and shortly after leaving (I think) Paddy's Market, the train passed through what looked like a disused station - there appeared to be turnstiles and a ticket office, but the entire platform area was in darkness. I didn't see any station nameboards or anything similar.

Is this a disused station? If so, what was it called, when did it close, and why?

Alternatively, is it something completely different, e.g. a maintenance depot for the monorail trains?

Either way, I think it should be mentioned in the article :-)

202.92.72.146 07:44, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

That's Garden Plaza. It was opened in 2000, a long time after the rest of it, as the site it is on was originally disused. The tenants in the building it was in moved out, and so Metro Transport closed the station due to lack of passengers until further notice. I've emailed them and they told me that they hope to reopen it later in 2006 when the new tenants move in. My new map has the station on it, and I've added a reference to the station. (JROBBO 05:58, 8 August 2006 (UTC))
And now? 85.227.226.168 16:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
It's been added back - as "Chinatown" station. I've referenced this. JRG 04:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
This station is still an oddity as many of the Monorail maps don't show this station at all. Jpp42 11:14, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Direction

I understand the trains go in one direction only. Could the map be altered to show which? 85.227.226.168 16:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

Why is there no mention of Frank Sartor trying for years to get the monorail closed when he was Lord Mayor of Sydney? 124.190.96.251 (talk) 13:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Give us a reliable source of this, and up it goes.--MrFishGo Fish 14:24, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ross Noble

Ross Noble commmented that "None of you in Sydney really use the Monorail do you. You just built it to get the tourists out of the bloody way."

Yeah yeah I know, whoever the first person who doesn't want to share or who is standing rigidly with the rulebook, delete this comment and fairly. I just thought it was funny and based in a lot of truth. Seriously, should this lack of relevance to Sydney commuters be mentioned?