St. Leonards to Eastwood Railway Act 1927

St. Leonards to Eastwood Railway Act 1927

This is a very old NSW law from 1927 that authorised the construction of a railway line connecting St. Leonards (on the North Shore) to Eastwood (in the Ryde area) in Sydney.

Who does it affect? Historically, this Act would have affected NSW railway authorities, landowners along the proposed route (who may have had land acquired/compulsorily purchased), and commuters in the affected areas.

Why does it matter today? In practical terms, it has very limited modern relevance. The Act has never been formally repealed (it remains 'in force' on the NSW legislation register), but it dates from nearly 100 years ago and has had no amendments since it was made. It is essentially a historical infrastructure authorisation — the kind of enabling law passed in that era to give legal authority to build specific public transport projects.

Key points:

• Passed on 7 March 1927 and has remained unchanged ever since
• It is a single-purpose Act — its only job was to authorise this specific railway
• The railway line it describes (running through suburbs like Chatswood and Meadowbank) forms part of what is now the T9 Northern Line corridor
• No substantive content of the Act is reproduced in the available text — only metadata and status information is visible