King Street, Sydney
King Street, Sydney | |
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| A contemporary view of King Street, looking east from George Street | |
Western end Eastern end | |
| Coordinates |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 900 m (0.6 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| Western end | Lime Street Sydney CBD |
| Eastern end | Macquarie Street Sydney CBD |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Sydney |
| Major suburbs | Sydney CBD |
King Street is a street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It stretches from King Street Wharf and Lime Street near Darling Harbour in the west, to Queens Square at St James railway station in the east.[1]
History and description
King Street was named after Governor Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of New South Wales.
The Watsons Bay tramway ran down King Street until its closure and replacement by buses in 1960.[2]
King Street provides the northern border of Pitt Street Mall. 25 Martin Place is a skyscraper that sits on the corner of Castlereagh Street. Other prominent buildings along King Street include the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St James Church and St James campus of the Sydney Law School.
King Street cycleway
In May 2009, 200m stretch of cycleway along King Street in the CBD was opened.[3]
In January 2023, Transport for NSW proposed to "provide the missing link of the King Street Cycleway".[4] Business Sydney claimed in April 2025 the new lane along King St risked plunging the city into "even greater gridlock".[5]
Several design options were compared for the project. The option was chosen which required "road widening and footpath adjustments" (footpath removal)[6] to create space for the new cycleway.[5]
Transport for NSW stated a benefit of the selected design option is that it does not require reallocating a general traffic lane for active transport usage, which "would have the potential to increase traffic congestion within the Sydney CBD, including queuing onto the Western Distributor off-ramps."[5]
The 2024 TfNSW Review of Environmental Factors (EIS) for the cycleway claimed some options "would require a reduction in traffic lanes on King Street (from three lanes to two lanes) which could potentially impact traffic using the Western Distributor and Rozelle Interchange".[7]: 23 The Rozelle Interchange is approximately 3 kilometres away, cost approximately $3.9 billion and is one of the largest underground junctions in the world.[8]
As of March 2026, construction is underway on the missing segment of the King Street cycleway.[9] In March 2026 Transport for NSW changed the planned sequence of construction.[10] The opening will take place later in 2026.[9]
See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- ^ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory (2002) Maps C,D
- ^ D. Keenan: Tramways of Sydney. Transit Press 1979
- ^ Paul Bibby (4 May 2009). "Dedicated cycleway opens in the city after months of frustration". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ "King Street Cycleway" (PDF). Transport for NSW. January 2023.
- ^ a b c Madeleine Bower (21 April 2025). "Sydney CBD set to suffer more bike lane 'gridlock' as business leaders call for pause and review". The Daily Telegraph.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "King Street Cycleway - Start of work notification" (PDF). Transport for NSW. April 2025.
- ^ Transport for NSW (February 2024). "King Street Cycleway Review of Environmental Factors" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2025.
- ^ "The complex spaghetti junction deep beneath Sydney's inner west revealed". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ a b "King Street Cycleway". Transport for NSW. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "King Street Cycleway Project Update" (PDF). Transport for NSW. 17 March 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2026.
External links
- Margaret Betteridge (2011). "King Street Courts". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 16 October 2015.