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St James railway station is located on the City Circle, at the northern end of Hyde Park in the Sydney central business district. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Airport, Inner West & South and T3 Bankstown line services. It is named after the nearby St James' Church. ==History== Part of the Bradfield Plan, St James station was originally intended to be a major interchange with the Eastern Suburbs line〔(St James tunnels ) Steve Dow〕 on Sydney's underground rail system. Plans for the construction of St James included railway lines in four directions, but the original plan was never completed due to disagreements over the routes.〔 Four platforms were completed, but the two inner platforms, intended to support Bradfield's proposed eastern and western suburbs lines, were never put into service.〔(St James Station ) NSWRail.net〕 When the Eastern Suburbs line was eventually built it was done so via a different route via Town Hall. In the 1990s, the two island platforms were connected by filling in the track space between the two inner platforms, resulting in the single, large island platform seen today. The station itself was designed by New South Wales Government Architect George McRae, but not completed until after his death. An example of Inter-War Stripped Classical architecture〔(St James railway station ) Sydney Architecture〕 influenced by Art Deco. One distinctive feature of the station is a neon sign from the late 1930s advertising Chateau Tanunda Brandy installed by Tucker, Lingard & Co, located at the northern entrance on Elizabeth Street.〔(St James Railway Station ) NSW Environment & Heritage〕 St James station opened on 20 December 1926 (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Sydney Morning Herald" TITLE="Sydney Morning Herald">Sydney Morning Herald'' 21 December 1926 p11 and p12 ) with the opening of the eastern city line from Central.〔"60 Years Ago" ''Railway Digest'' December 1986 page 398〕 For the first 30 years, St James station was used as a terminating station for the Bankstown, East Hills and Illawarra lines.〔 As a terminating station, St James was equipped with a small signal box and two dead end sidings, located in the tunnel stub at the north end of the station.〔〔(St James Tunnels ) Neety〕 The St James signal box, equipped with pistol grips, was the smallest such box in New South Wales. Trains arriving at St James would disembark passengers on one of the outer platforms, then the train would move to a siding and reverse direction, coming out at the opposite outer platform. During non-peak hours the driver would simply move to the other end of the train while the train was on the siding. During peak hours the train would take on a second driver in the last car while at the platform, then proceed to one of the sidings, where the drivers would exchange control of the train.〔 Completion of the City Circle loop did not occur until 30 years after St James station opened. Construction of the western city line as far as Wynyard was completed in 1932, but completion of the line connecting Wynyard and St James via Circular Quay, begun in 1936, proved problematic. Construction was halted during World War II, and after 1945, construction was intermittent due to inconsistent funding. By 1953 it was determined that work underground could not proceed at Circular Quay due to water entering the tunnels. A section of rail line above ground was constructed, and the City Circle loop opened on 22 January 1956. Following the completion of the City Circle, most trains travelled through St James without needing to terminate, and the station's terminating facilities were no longer regularly used. The signal box remained in use until 1990 with the occasional train continuing to terminate at St James to keep the terminating tracks usable for emergencies and railway staff familiar with the procedures.〔 In 1985–86, the signal box was taken out of service for an asbestos abatement project. During this period, train cars allocated for the removal of the asbestos would occupy one or the other of the dead end sidings, which meant that regular use of those lines by passenger trains was not possible. After the asbestos abatement project was completed, the signal box was returned to service until 1990, when asbestos was discovered in the signal box and the sidings. From that time the signal box was not used, and the signals and siding tracks were eventually removed.〔 The sidings were formally closed on 27 July 1991.〔"Signalling & Safeworking" ''Railway Digest'' November 1991 page 416〕 In February 2010, a passenger lift between the platform and the concourse opened, followed later by a lift between the concourse and street level.〔"Transit Newsfile: Sydney Trains" ''Transit Australia'' volume 65 number 11 November 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St James railway station, Sydney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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