The Goods Line

A wonderful repurposing of a part of Sydney’s historic infrastructure. Though not as extensive as the highline in New York or Paris, it is a delightful and popular use of this track for pedestrians. There are ping pong tables, seats and tables and play areas for children. A lively way to get from Central or darling Harbour.

A nice walk, interesting seeing 👀 the original Goodsline equipment The Goods Line is an 800 m-long (2,625 ft) linear park and shared pedestrian pathway and cycleway in the suburb of Ultimo, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The corridor connects Railway Square to Darling Harbour in the south and passes both the University of Technology Sydney Broadway campus and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sydney head office. The Goods Line terminates in the north at the corner of Sussex and Hay Streets, in the Sydney central business district. It many tables and seating areas to have a picnic lunch, there's two ping pong 🏓 tables and connects to the power museum

Had such a great time walking The Goods Line at Vivid! Of all the areas, this one seemed the liveliest!

Fantastic place in the city to go for a walk without the need to worry about cars. But you do need to look out for the delivery bikes. The walk stretches from the end of the Central tunnel outside UTS building 6 all the way to the Power House Museum. Along the way there is plenty of seating, table tennis tables, exercise equipment, grass area, water bubbler and play area with a water.

Fantastic public space. Adaptable for everyday users and festival tourists. Vivid Sydney is one of the prime events that transforms this place into a national destination 🕯️💡🏮

great space, has good public amenity with lots of seating, powerpoint outlets for public use, play features and an outdoor gym.

It's a long way tram from Paddys market through Central station. This path magically transformed into Vivid 2022 spot and looks amazing at night, especially through the end of path (**next to Novotel Central) you will find the center of laser show (Find yourself with the clue).

Disappointing. The Goods Line was listed as one of the top 5 walks in Sydney, but I don’t understand what all the hype is about. As a historic and cultural site, it’s interesting, but when I visited, it appeared inadequately maintained and poorly designed with wide open, underutilized concrete paths and limited options for sitting and relaxing. There were few, if any, shaded spots to sit, no views worth mentioning, and nothing visually interesting (art, sculpture, etc) along the walkway. It’s been compared to the High Line in New York, but it doesn’t look or feel anything like that space—the High Line is much more of a pedestrian boardwalk, well integrated into the city and much more inviting. The Goods Line, unfortunately, seems to lack a cohesive aesthetic and appeared to be past its prime. There were homeless people camping out in several of the public spaces and the landscaping seemed neglected, if not poorly selected, for most of the walk. There were a couple of spots—interestingly, off the main path—that appeared to have been designed a little better, but the whole thing was overall underwhelming and a big disappointment. Sadly, not worth going out of your way to visit.

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!)

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.