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by moa999
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
Replies: 5217
Views: 1024462

Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown

From the open day, appeared the southern entrance needed a bridge/roof constructed to Miller St over the Denison St level below.
by moa999
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: NSW Electric Bus Plan
Replies: 1681
Views: 161396

Re: NSW Electric Bus Plan

The proper alternative first hit the road on 29 April 1882 and is still the first choice of operators around the world Which cities are still using horse drawn trams as their main form of transportation? Even in the tram centric city of Melbourne, annual patronage on buses is only just behind trams...
by moa999
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
Replies: 5217
Views: 1024462

Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown

So will they be getting a whole new fleet of (electric?) buses? .. much as the operator of Chatswood - Epping got a brand new fleet.
by moa999
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
Replies: 73
Views: 6198

Re: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.

Plenty of rich people catch buses, at least the former government routes going through affluent areas as it's often more convenient than driving. The following article on the Rozelle Interchange fiasco features a Balmain resident who drives daily to work in Moore Park. Could she easily catch a bus ...
by moa999
Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:07 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: NSW Electric Bus Plan
Replies: 1681
Views: 161396

Re: NSW Electric Bus Plan

The main issue with hydrogen v.a.v. battery is running cost. Making green hydrogen uses 2.5-3x the amount of electricity to move a given vehicle the same amount as a similar battery vehicle. And then you've got distribution costs on top. There is research into cheaper methods but none of them are an...
by moa999
Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Country Trains
Replies: 229
Views: 68817

Re: New Country Trains

Pics
https://twitter.com/fictillius/status/1 ... 6skdQ&s=19

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by moa999
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: NSW Electric Bus Plan
Replies: 1681
Views: 161396

Re: NSW Electric Bus Plan


Swift wrote: The spent Lithium batteries from EVs are going to be an environmental calamity the more we use them.
Spent lithium batteries can have a second life as storage batteries, and then after that can be recycled - well over 90% recoverable.

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by moa999
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Opal Discussion and Observations
Replies: 9717
Views: 1867537

Re: Opal Discussion and Observations

When opal cards were first issued in Dec 2012 the opal system was only operating as a very small trial on a couple of bus routes. Started on select ferry routes.. and you had to fill in a form and mail it in to get the card. While I still have my original card, I've shifted the balance to a new one...
by moa999
Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Safer Freight Package - Trucks can now be 2.55m
Replies: 34
Views: 3930

Re: Safer Freight Package - Trucks can now be 2.55m

Interesting video on the 2.55m Perth Mercedes hydrogen trial buses
https://youtu.be/36yXoVZrgVo?si=Hdx5f2OWPxKpjz0b
by moa999
Fri Sep 29, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Safer Freight Package - Trucks can now be 2.55m
Replies: 34
Views: 3930

Safer Freight Package - Trucks can now be 2.55m

https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/ ... -australia

From 1 October trucks with additional safety features are now allowed to be 2.55m which opens up more import options.

Doesn't seem to apply to buses where it would also add options.
by moa999
Fri Sep 29, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Rail Observations 2023
Replies: 521
Views: 56265

Re: Rail Observations 2023

That sort of thing is always a juggling act. More service for some passengers is a slower trip for others. And the more total services you have to run (as patronage grows) the harder it is to schedule expresses unless you go down the path of adding dedicated track. Had patronage dropped that much t...
by moa999
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: News & Administration
Topic: Future of the board
Replies: 148
Views: 54093

Re: Future of the board

Not a big poster.. but I typically follow along some threads of interest using Tapatalk. But as some may have seen there has been a little shakeup in Tapatalk recently with the original team buying back the platform from private equity, And 100s of forums aligned with VerticalScope shifting to its n...
by moa999
Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Opal Discussion and Observations
Replies: 9717
Views: 1867537

Re: Opal Discussion and Observations


ScaniaGrenda wrote: so how about starting at Sunday with either a $2.50 cap
Fri, Sat and Sun are now an $8.90 cap.
We used to have a lower cap on Sundays only - and it caused havoc with the ferry service on sunny Sundays.
by moa999
Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Opal Discussion and Observations
Replies: 9717
Views: 1867537

Re: Opal Discussion and Observations

So it's the effective end of the weekly ticket. (Which was what the original 8 then free, later 8 then 50% replaced) I guess not quite as most who travel that much will still be protected by the weekly $50/25 cap. Only going to impact a small number of people who primarily take short or off peak jou...
by moa999
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Re: Ferry Observations 2023
Replies: 178
Views: 23802

Re: Ferry Observations 2023

announced earlier this year that there would be Opal integration for the Lane Cove ferry service later this year as part of the new contract. I guess that is still to come. This 'further integration' ? https://inthecove.com.au/2023/04/10/additional-peak-hour-service-for-the-lane-cove-ferry-new-time...
by moa999
Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act
Replies: 79
Views: 24169

Re: Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act


jpp42 wrote:‘It’s unjust’: Controversial rail corporation charges tenants thousands extra
Hard to feel sorry for a guy who's clipping the ticket and just sub-leasing the site.

I think most people would have an expectation that our public entities should be charging commercial rent.
by moa999
Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Sydney and Outer Metro bus contracts (as from 2020)
Replies: 2109
Views: 210887

Re: New Sydney and Outer Metro bus contracts (as from 2020)

On the M services, I wonder whether Jo might go the other way and reinstate M services. Order some fresh new arctics, maybe even those uber-expensive pretending not to be a bus double-artics that Brisbane is getting. Afterall that was one of the major transport policies of the last Labor Govt, and i...
by moa999
Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Rail Observations 2023
Replies: 521
Views: 56265

Re: Rail Observations 2023

As for building locally, look at all the problems that have result in the Tangara Technology Update being basically cancelled.

Had they been built to exactly the same specs, the Union's would have used exactly the same tactics and we'd be in the same, just more expensive, mess.
by moa999
Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro West announced
Replies: 516
Views: 143109

Re: Sydney Metro West announced

But it's already deep.
It's passing below Darling Harbour.

Whatever you do post Hunter St it would still be below the ground level in Woolloomooloo.
by moa999
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro West announced
Replies: 516
Views: 143109

Re: Sydney Metro West announced

Which of course comes back to the debate of whether this line needs to serve Central.

You'd go under the ED to have a station at Woolloomooloo, which given the large govt holding of old low rise but not heritage land in the area, would enable a station to probably pay for itself.
by moa999
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro West announced
Replies: 516
Views: 143109

Re: Sydney Metro West announced

Consider how deep MetroWest will be.

Metro C&SW is well below T4 (escalator down from the T4 platform), and Metro West will be below that.

So it would easily go under the ED if say following a similar alignment to the T4 viaduct.
by moa999
Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
Replies: 5217
Views: 1024462

Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown

I don't understand why they haven't extended this arrangement to the Airport stations. Removing the access fee from Green Square and Mascot only cost $4 million . Removing it from the airport stations would have cost $100 million. Suspect it's more than that these days as Mascot and Green Square us...
by moa999
Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Sydney and Outer Metro bus contracts (as from 2020)
Replies: 2109
Views: 210887

Re: New bus contracts to drive improved services (as from 2020)

I mean the US is hardly the beacon of public transport worldwide.

Other than NY where the subway takes the major share, use of public transport in the US is pretty pathetic.
by moa999
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Re: Ferry Observations 2023
Replies: 178
Views: 23802

Re: Ferry Observations 2023

All a function of distance though. Electric ferries work great in the Nordics where youve got a short route and a long disembark and boarding process (given car ferries). Much harder on your Sydney ferry routes that are much longer and have minimal time for charging. Auckland seems looking to only u...
by moa999
Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Inner West Light Rail observations
Replies: 1729
Views: 364168

Re: Inner West Light Rail observations

Stonesourscotty wrote:Cracks have been found in further CAF stock with 2 Mark5a Sets in the Uk discovered today at Trans Penine Express.
These are trains, so other than being made by CAF, not sure of much relevance.

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