I feel it will be in the style of BBC-commissioned documentary The 15 Billion Pound Railway (called London’s Super Tunnel in Australia), which follows the construction of London’s Crossrail project. That project is now well over budget and more than two years late.
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They look shocking both in and outside!
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Considering that they’re are “Chinese” built buses.
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I plan to go down to Sydney between Christmas and New Year - looking forward to going on a ride on it from end to end!
Disappointing but the cost of Labor not building any rail infrastructure projects was probably a larger cost than this blowout.
Government should choose Australian operators and not foreign companies. If they breach conditions they should be banned like the current builders.
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In Sydney for the day.
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Double-decker City Cat services commenced today in Brisbane.
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That doesn’t seem like much more - what’s the extra capacity it can hold now?
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Not sure. Web site says
- the ability to carry a total of 170 passengers
- an upper deck, providing seating for 20 passengers. The upper deck will be accessible via rear stairs
- rear deck seating for 16 passengers and space for up to 10 bikes
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How many seats on the poop deck?
Given Melbourne have 24 hour trains on Fridays/Saturdays why am I surprised to find that the MRT doesn’t run past midnight on Saturday? If I had known that (or perhaps that I needed to install the taxi app rather than the ride sharing app) perhaps I wouldn’t have waited at a taxi rank at a shopping centre for close to 2 hours waiting for a cab last night.
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There isn’t actually that many cities that run rapid transit systems 24/7. I don’t think any Asian cities do, even in Japan (Japan is having to make exceptions and extend service during the Olympics based on projected demand).
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I think the main issue is that the last train is often the last transit of the day.
While I’ve made use of the Night Network in Melbourne, it just highlights how relatively poor connections are on the other nights - it all just grinds to a halt by midnight.
Sydney appear to have this solved with their ‘NightRide’ bus network, which basically replaces trains with buses overnight. This would be a huge improvement over what currently happens in Melbourne - I’d gladly trade trains on Friday/Saturday for buses every night.
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Many of those road rules are nonsensical in NSW - they’re only there because of the National Road Rules harmonisation. That stuff about overtaking a tram signalling left, or passing a stationary tram does not make sense because they would only ever apply in situations that only exist in Melbourne.
The ‘overtaking a turning tram’ offence is there because in Melbourne there are certain intersections without traffic lights where a tram needs to turn from the centre of the road, so the idea of the rule is that all traffic must give way.
The ‘passing a stationary tram’ offence is there because many (most?) tram stops in Melbourne have no platforms, and pedestrians must cross the road to board a tram, so traffic is made to stop behind the tram according to this road rule.
All tram intersections in NSW are controlled by traffic lights, so those ‘overtaking’ offences don’t make sense. All tram stops in NSW are at platforms, so cars don’t have to stop behind trams.
The only offence I can see in that list which would be enforceable in NSW would be ‘pass/overtake to right of tram’ - which would involve a driver overtaking a tram illegally on the wrong side of the road in the opposing tram lane
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Does anyone in Melbourne remembered Veolia Transport-owned Connex which operated the trains there before until a decade ago?
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i kinda remember only coz they were on the news
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