The History of the Sydney Monorail

I apologise for how many times I mispronounce monorail

outro song is waving by monstahouse:

[fuun]

Sydney Monorail interests me, but wacky, silly stuff and terrible accent don't.

[BuildingBeautifully]

This video is so well made. I honestly hope it gets more views, I’ve pointed viewers who watched my April Fools’ video about the monorail to this video!

[namenamename]

"Australian Jay Foreman isn't real, he can't hurt you"
Australian Jay Foreman:

Edit: to minimize confusion; this video was excellent and made me laugh quite a few times.

[Bigmanx]

For a first video, this was such a professional production, well done!

[lmlmd]

There's an alternate universe Sydney where we all use the monorail to get from the bland suits of Darling Hbr to the Very Fast Train, escaping the city for wild weekend of drugged fuelled debauchery in Goulburn.

[chm]

Back in 2000 I was upstairs at Pitt St Maccas and saw it break down right outside. Good times. One passenger was desperate to open the door. I dunno where he thought he was gonna go.

[alankeyes]

J. Foreman wants his humour back, Tom Scott wants his shirt back and I want more! Excellent video.

[AheadMatthewawsome]

As a fellow Sydneysider, an awful comedian who just stares at you blankly into the ashes of the infamous Darling Park Tree, abnormally enormous Jay Foreman mega fan, and is still going through a relatively strong mourning period about this topic. *I LOVE IT!* I could literally go on all day about all the interesting jokes, including a nearby building evacuating!

You’ve just gotten your 14th subscriber! And if you need anymore actors to do wacky things like being literally anything that can stare, I’d be happy to help! I’d love to see more, keep on going!

[luciexo]

"Secondly the monorail was prominent to say the least. Through Sydney's narrow streets it stuck out like a monorail through a narrow street." 🤣 I can't explain why, but those two sentences almost killed me.

[joshuad]

Keep this Channel going. You have a real talent to make city planning interesting. Love the Simpson’s timely interjections. Favorite line, “the monorail was prominent, suspended above Sydney’s narrow streets, it stuck out like a monorail on a narrow street” comedy gold 🏅

[Tnorway]

i’ve always been curious about the history of sydney’s monorail – this video answered so many questions! great work, subscribed!

[TheGadgetPanda]

I was a big monorail fan back in the day. I must have ridden it 20 or 30 times. But, the simple truth was that it was usually for the experience. It was always easier and cheaper to just walk. I haven't been back to Sydney since the lighttrail was built, so in my nostalgia soaked mind the monorail is still king, and any rumours you may have heard about it being torn down are nothing but speculation.

[rs]

Here's some fun trivia!

The monorail was seen in a brief scene of 1995's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie!

[andrewrollason]

Farry O'Barrell?
Gladys Peri-chickenen?
This monorail goes nowhere.

We nearly got the Monorail transferred to Blacktown but in the end, the business case couldn't be made there either.

[pedrobaillie]

Thanks for the video brang back fond memories of working on the monorail build and and other buildings at darling harbour quite a few times over the build we found ourselves in trouble because it broke down after taking a quick spin during work hours

[AShadowinthedark]

Also worth mentioning that some of the monorail maintenance facility still exists above the light rail near exhibition station.

[aussierednecksinger]

I rode the monorail as a tourist from SA and it never broke down while I was on it. It was definitely a good viewing platform for tourists and something different. $5 didn't seem to much for a tourist ride at the time but for daily transport it probably was.

[TheOnlyPommyman]

Loved this. Your humour works so well for this format. Bring on some more!

[rhapsody]

I was 4 years old in 2012, the year before the Monorail shut down. I went on it with my aunt and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Sadly when I went back to the City of Sydney in early 2023, I couldnt find it anywhere.

[claireskrine]

Came from a Jay Foreman recommend, and then stayed as I realised that in the very short travelling about phase of my gap year, in the one week I accorded to the whole of Australia, I went on the monorail. I'd forgotten that I'd been on it. Now I'm sad it's gone.