Are you only talking about getting to the station as opposed to the station itself?

If it's the station itself, I think Town Hall is really bad. Platforms on top of other platforms, and very poor signage in the concourse area.

I get lost every single time - it's barely marked from the outside and I always end up going south instead of north, or exiting to a bus only to find I went three blocks in the wrong direction, etc etc, even with gps.

Is there something wrong with me or do non-gunzels feel the same?

omg Wynyard is so confusing I've been searching for a year and I STILL cannot find platforms 1 & 2!
/endsarcasm

All i know the main exit is east and up for Wynyard station.

1. Note the direction of travel of the train you just alighted from. If it is bound for Town Hall, then east (and George Street) must be to the left of the train, because the train is pointed south, right?  If the train is bound for Milsons Point or Circular Quay, then the opposite applies.


2. Note the layout of the station in the area immediately around the ticket-barrier-controlled section. There is almost nothing to see on the western side - nearly all the shops, etc, are eastward. If you see a newsagency, you're on the George Street side and as the previous respondent said, keep going east and up.  Do not turn left where a divergent arcade appears, keep going east and up. Do not go down the staircase in front of you, swing either side of it and keep going east and up. When you reach the fresh air, that's George Street, and you're on your own.


3. If you want a bus, there are escalators and there IS signage indicating that the buses are up that way. Buses operate above ground in Sydney, so keep ascending escalators until you reach the fresh air. After which, navigation of the Wynyard bus stands is your next challenge but cannot be blamed on the railway station.

Wynyard has four platforms, ferchrissakes. All are well signposted. All run north-south. All exits are well signposted. I assume the OP has equal difficulty with such complex problems as shoelaces, chewing gum and walking at the same time, etc.

What happened to this forum?

- exit stage right (George St ramp). See you all next time I log in. Or not.



HINT: google Shinjuku station, Tokyo. World's busiest. You may need your mum and/or teddy.

I've only spent a few days in Sydney, but I had no problems at all with Town Hall or Wynyard. I found Central to be VERY confusing, I actually had to ask a staff member where to go. Very poorly designed station.

Seems like (to paraphrase another metaphor) a complaint looking for a problem.

I never have ANY trouble at Wynyard, and I have been through some of the other stations mentioned as comparisons.

I find the Wynyard signage pretty concise, and easily tells me in which direction I need to go (but then I do tend to do a tad bit of research about where my destination is located).

If you have the address of your destination, you will be fine, if it is in one of the side streets, you might be screwed, but that is your problem for not having done some basic research as to the location of your destination (if they listed EVERY POSSIBLE street, it would be even more confusing, as there would be too MUCH information).

In short, do some *basic* research first, get some odea of the major streets around where you need to go, and then follow the signs for those streets.

Easy as.

Dave

I hate the place with a passion.  I get lost every single time - it's barely marked from the outside and I always end up going south instead of north, or exiting to a bus only to find I went three blocks in the wrong direction, etc etc, even with gps.  I just dread going there.  Is there something wrong with me or do non-gunzels feel the same?