The Goods Line

Not quite the High Line in New York, but this is the closest you can get. A short walk from Chinatown and right in the UTS campus next to the Frank Gehry building, this entire walk is a landscape architecture gem.
Done brilliantly by ASPECT studios, the Goods Line features sporting equipment, people watching podiums, gorgeous landscaping and fine architectural details. It might be lacking a bit in terms of trees and shade, but overall it was a pleasant walk if not to just revel in the site’s history as an old train line and the atmosphere.
A must visit for all landscape/​architecture buffs.

It’s great to see a piece of Sydney’s history being revived and juxtaposed with modern surroundings.
The concept is similar to New York’s High Line, and features modern architectural pieces, like the new UTS building in the shape of a brown paper bag, bright yellow seats in the gardens along the walkway and table tennis tables, all alongside the Goods Line — a historic railway line used to transport goods from Central station to the ports in Darling Harbour.
Unfortunately the Goods Line walk leads from Central Station, through UTS, ending at the Powerhouse Museum, so it lacks the utility function one would expect from a walkway. Practically, only those needing to go to UTS followed by the Powerhouse Museum (I can’t imagine anyone would do this ordinarily) would have use for the Goods Line.
It remains to be seen how useful the walkway is once the convention centre development in Darling Harbour is finished and the Goods Line may open all the way to the harbour.

The Goods Line is meant to be Sydney’s answer to New York’s High Line. Like the High Line, it’s built in an elevated section of a railroad that’s no longer used, an area that hasn’t been accessible to the public for more than 150 years. Although it’s 4 times smaller than the High Line, it does offer as much in terms of social infrastructure — there are table tennis tables, study pods, dining tables, and a playground that’s surrounded by fig trees. Although the view from it can’t rival that of the High Line, it is surrounded by several amazing pieces of architecture, like Frank Gehry’s Dr Chau Chak Wing building. It’s also in a great location, being only a stone’s throw away from the CBD and Darling Harbour.

The Goods Line is Sydney’s answer to New York’s High Line. Running roughly between Central Station (at the end of the Devonshire Tunnel, past Railway Square) and the Powerhouse Museum, the old goods train line to Darling Harbour has been redeveloped inTO a public space.
With seating, table tennis tables (BYO bats and balls), fitness equipment, a playground and grassy open spaces, it’s a wonderful area to walk along or chill out in. It’s also offers the best vintage point of the new Gehry building at UTS, bubblers/​taps with bowls at the bottom for dogs (on-​leash only), signs about the history and apparently wi-​fi (will have to test next time).
It’ll be even better once the construction of the new Convention Centre finishes and it goes all the way to Darling Harbour without the need to detour construction sites! (Once Barangaroo also finishes, it’ll be a lovely walk from Central Station down to Darling Harbour, then along the harbour shore line all the way to Woolloomooloo!)