Parramatta Light Rail Archives

ACCUSATIONS HISTORIC ROYAL OAK PARRAMATTA FELLED FOR ‘NO REASON’

Posted on July 12th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Accusations have surfaced suggesting the former government mishandled works around the historic 200-year-old Royal Oak Hotel of Parramatta, demolished to make way for a new light rail. There has been a hotel on the site, on the corner of Church

ROYAL OAK PARRAMATTA GONE AT 197

Posted on May 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Parramatta’s iconic Royal Oak Hotel is no more, as demolition begins on one of Sydney’s oldest pubs to make way for the $2.4bn Parramatta light rail. An inn was established at the site, on the corner of Church and Ross

FAREWELL 200-YEAR-OLD ROYAL OAK

Posted on January 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The old girl of Parramatta has lost the battle and will soon be demolished to make way for the light rail. A pub was established on the corner of Parramatta’s Church and Ross Streets in 1813, adjacent to Cobb &

200-YEAR-OLD ROYAL OAK PUB FACES DEMO FOR LIGHT RAIL LAPSE

Posted on August 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

A 200-year-old heritage pub is slated for demolition to make way for the new Parramatta light rail that critics say is going the wrong way anyway. The classic Royal Oak has sat on the corner of Parramatta’s Church and Ross