An extension to the existing line to reach Charing Cross, Randwick and the University of NSW was abandoned in the 1980s. The reason there are no shops in Bondi Junction station is because the Bondi Junction Chamber of Commerce opposed them. They argued that commuters could come up to Oxford Street and buy anything they wanted. The newspaper seller and the florist are comparatively recent additions to the station. An underground tunnel to the Bondi Junction Plaza was never finished.
Locals can spot tourists on the trains.
At Bondi Junction the trains reverse direction but the tourists don't turn their seats over to face the new direction of travel. The original Bondi Beach Home Page was launched in March 1996.