Alfred Street, Sydney

Alfred Street is a street in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It runs west–east from George Street to Phillip Street.

Alfred Street New South Wales
General information
Type	Street
Length	300 m (1,000 ft)
Major junctions
Western end	George Street
	Pitt Street Loftus Street Young Street
Eastern end	Phillip Street

Details

The alignment of Albert Street was formed in 1845 when the swamps of the Tank Stream were drained and a seawall built. It was named after Prince Alfred in 1875 when split from Albert Street.^[1]

To the north it is bounded by the Cahill Expressway, Circular Quay railway station and Circular Quay ferry wharf. To the south lie a number of notable buildings including Gold Fields House,^[2] 1 Macquarie Place, Customs House and the AMP Building.

In February 1999, Alfred Street was closed outside Customs House with the road converted to a plaza.^[3] Until the line closed in 1957, trams terminated in Alfred Street. Having latterly been only used by State Transit Authority bus services, in October 2015 the section between George and Loftus streets closed to vehicular traffic to allow it to be rebuilt as the terminus of the CBD and South East Light Rail that opened in December 2019.^[4][5][6]

References

1. Alfred Street Heritage Walk Pocket Guide to Sydney
2. Final touches to Gold Fields House Daily Telegraph 6 November 1966 page 20
3. Alfred Street Redevelopment Project City of Sydney
4. Alfred Street City of Sydney
5. Preparing for tomorrow's Sydney: New CBD bus network to ease congestion Transport for NSW 17 October 2015
6. Sydney light rail open to public on December 14, NSW Government announces ABC News 5 December 2019

External links

Media related to Alfred Street, Sydney at Wikimedia Commons

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