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Eddy Avenue is a street in theSydney central business district ofNew South Wales, Australia. It runs west fromElizabeth Street toPitt Street outsideCentral station.
Eddy Avenue was built in 1905, during the construction of Central Railway Station. It was named afterEdward Eddy, who served as Commissioner of Railways from 1887 to 1897.[1]
Eddy Avenue runs in a north-westerly direction for 200 metres fromElizabeth Street toPitt Street. To the northBelmore Park runs along its full length, while to the south isCentral station.
Three lanes of road traffic run in each direction. On its northern side it has a row of bus stops that are served byTransdev John Holland andTransit Systems services to theEastern Suburbs. On the southern side, two bus stands were served by Sydney Buses services toRailway Square andGreyhound Australia interstate services. In April 2017, the coach bays relocated to the western forecourt of Central station.[2] Since the introduction of the light rail services, theBig Bus Tours sightseeing services stop inPitt Street just south of Eddy Avenue.
Until the early 1960s, Eddy Avenue hadtram lines running down its central reservation. TheCBD and South East Light Rail commenced operation along Eddy Avenue in December 2019 after construction commended in May 2017.[3]In July 1990, the 1910 built tram waiting shed was demolished as part of the construction of the coach terminal.[4]