http://www.flickr.com/photos/intodarkne ... 197703577/blackduck30 wrote:WOW ,
Never knew about the Helensberg tunnel.
I suppose it was built maybe for future expansion of the Illawarra line.
We long for a high speed rail link to Sydney.
I've been in those tunnels three times, once on an AHRS tunnel tour. It was funny doing the tour because I was there with my spotlight and it was obvious that I knew a huge amount of detail about them. There is old graffiti from Predator in the bunker end. The tour did both ends, the bunkers end and the Lake St James end, but without climbing up through the little tunnel to see the lake. Yeah, not easy to get into any more. Unlike security guards who tend to agree to look the other way if you ask politely, police are not inclined to do that. Although some will if you are checking out abandonments and are on the road, not the actual property.Titan wrote:Looks like the rest of us who never been will never know or see these tunnelschardm wrote:I work for cityrail and there is definately no access to any of these places , doesnt matter who you know unfortunately ....
Watch yourself on an active line, even if it's supposedly closed for track work they can still be moving stuff around.And they can creep up on you a lot faster than expected.Midget wrote:Does anyone know what security the underground rail connection between Epping and Chatswood has?
Other than the usual platform cameras. I've been itching to have a run through them, but wouldn't be so fun if I got a police greeting party at the next station.
Alright, thanks for the warning. I might not go through them then. I took a look a few days ago, and the close gates at Epping after the last commuter train. As far as I can see, the easiest access to the line is at Chatswood and that's a little bit too much to run to.axel wrote:Watch yourself on an active line, even if it's supposedly closed for track work they can still be moving stuff around.And they can creep up on you a lot faster than expected.
farah9 wrote:Also the elevator from 24 & 25, has a button to get to 26 & 27, but it needs a key to be activated, from memory it has lvl1, which is 24, 25, lvl 2 which is 26, 27 and c = concorse( the main section of the station). I was lucky enough to know someone who worked on 24 & 25, as a station master, back when I was about 14yo and we managed to get access through the door on the stairs, unfortunatly didn't have a camera with me, so no photos. I have heard some people say that 26, 27 is now totally boarded up from the elevator entry, not sure though.
Did you get any pictures? how was it?Slick wrote:farah9 wrote:Also the elevator from 24 & 25, has a button to get to 26 & 27, but it needs a key to be activated, from memory it has lvl1, which is 24, 25, lvl 2 which is 26, 27 and c = concorse( the main section of the station). I was lucky enough to know someone who worked on 24 & 25, as a station master, back when I was about 14yo and we managed to get access through the door on the stairs, unfortunatly didn't have a camera with me, so no photos. I have heard some people say that 26, 27 is now totally boarded up from the elevator entry, not sure though.
St.James tunnels i got into last week i did it during the day when the train pulled into the sation i hopped off the back of the train and ran to the gates. i was there for a good hour and with no worries. when leaving we chased the train out up to the platform and walked out with no worries. dont get seen by people and you should be good.
Were they drunk?kenikat1 wrote:after watching a video someone getting cleaned up inside a tunnel in sydney im pretty scared of anything with live trains lol.. otford and non live seems the way to go for me
Obviously you have never met Batman.chardm wrote:I work for cityrail and there is definately no access to any of these places , doesnt matter who you know unfortunately ....
How did you get past the locked ceiling to floor gates?Slick wrote:St.James tunnels i got into last week i did it during the day when the train pulled into the sation i hopped off the back of the train and ran to the gates. i was there for a good hour and with no worries. when leaving we chased the train out up to the platform and walked out with no worries. dont get seen by people and you should be good.
DarkClarky wrote:Yep, abandoned tunnels at central, redfern, st james and wynyard.
They rekon redfern station was built as a large underground station but they only ever opened the above ground level? That there is a large unused concourse below the station and several unused rail tunnels. (you can see unused portholes at the central end of redfern station. They say A LOT of redfern is tunneled under...
The above ground Redfern Station was built the way it is in the late 1800s, there are no underground concourse or platforms there. However, in the late 1940s they began building the Eastern Suburbs Railway. They starting builting 4 underground platforms & a concourse at Redfern Station (as they did at Central but next to eachother not 2 platforms above the others). Only 2 of the platforms were completed, & the proposed concourse is basically a large area between flights of stairs which has a locked door which has a corridor that would have led to the 2 un-built platforms. The 2 un-finished platforms are basically just the (rusting) steel frames & some other earthworks. The 2 tunnels passing under Lawson St that you mention are at different levels, & so are the platforms. These platforms would have served the Airport line or a branchline to Kingsford heading south, & linked up with the unused (Ghost) platforms at Central (plats 26-27).DarkClarky wrote:Check out Redfern Station on Google Earth......
You may notice some stuff.....
These tunnels are used to take the mainline from the middle of the 2 suburban tracks to the outside without interfering with other trains. Before they made those tunnels trains would need to stop for passing trains as they crossed at the same level. Now the inside main line ducks down before going outside the suburban line.DarkClarky wrote:What are all those rail tunnels/over-underpass things between westmead and parramatta??
And now some pictures:Panic wrote: I've been in those tunnels three times, once on an AHRS tunnel tour. It was funny doing the tour because I was there with my spotlight and it was obvious that I knew a huge amount of detail about them. There is old graffiti from Predator in the bunker end. The tour did both ends, the bunkers end and the Lake St James end, but without climbing up through the little tunnel to see the lake. Yeah, not easy to get into any more. Unlike security guards who tend to agree to look the other way if you ask politely, police are not inclined to do that. Although some will if you are checking out abandonments and are on the road, not the actual property.
Helensburg is easily accessible. A good day trip would be down to Helensburg and then on to Woolongong. There are other tunnels that are abandoned about the state that can be freely and legally accessed.
I don't know Slick's story, but if you know how, you don't need to get past those gates.Poker wrote:
How did you get past the locked ceiling to floor gates?
All the archways, & doorways, have new locked gates that you cannot climb over or go under, that is why I ask.PanicUE wrote:I don't know Slick's story, but if you know how, you don't need to get past those gates.Poker wrote:
How did you get past the locked ceiling to floor gates?
You still don't need to go past them if you know how.Poker wrote:All the archways, & doorways, have new locked gates that you cannot climb over or go under, that is why I ask.PanicUE wrote:I don't know Slick's story, but if you know how, you don't need to get past those gates.Poker wrote:
How did you get past the locked ceiling to floor gates?
Yes you do, no matter what you know.PanicUE wrote:You still don't need to go past them if you know how.
What is your source on this? I ask because a lot of people are saying "I know this for a fact" sort of thing, but it compleatly goes against what I know for a fact. Oh, I'm not saying it is not alarmed. I'm saying it is not the ONLY way in.chrisyelroy wrote:since 9/11 security at high public access areas, especially places of transit (train stations) take things seriously and are super edgy. The only way to access St James now is thru the side enterance along the tracks and even that is met with a gate and padlock. BUT as soon as u go thru the side (even tho u arent on the tracks) an alarm is alerted (silent), ALL the trains are commanded to halt, security is sent to u. If u are lucky u wont be seen entering the side, but even that they will be waiting with handcuffs when u emerge. Caught with clippers? Say goodbye to a clean record...
dont risk it with stations :/ pro tip friend
