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I'd still wager that there may be some recovery time in there.
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The other end of the 'harbour Metro' is working at full speed. The tunnel portal hole is getting bigger by the day. The tunnel segment plant appears to be now operating as tunnel segments are starting to stockpile alongside the building. What will probably the control centre/workshop for the tunnel machines is still a frame but also proceeding rapidly.
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Saw something on a TV news a couple of days ago, with Constance and the new TBMs, also the plant that is making the concrete liner segments,
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What location are you referring to here?matthewg wrote:The other end of the 'harbour Metro' is working at full speed. The tunnel portal hole is getting bigger by the day. The tunnel segment plant appears to be now operating as tunnel segments are starting to stockpile alongside the building. What will probably the control centre/workshop for the tunnel machines is still a frame but also proceeding rapidly.
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SMH produces headline to generate predictable shock, horror reaction from their inner city-dwelling readers. Am I the only one not to find a problem with this? Sydney is becoming a megacity requiring more residential stock, people need to get over it.boronia wrote:https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/pla ... 4zrki.html
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^ I thought inner city dwellers would be at happy since its not in their backyard its out in North West Sydney isn't this what they wanted. I guess their scared it could come to a station near them.
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Well it will be coming to a station near them on the Bankstown line.Frosty wrote:^ I thought inner city dwellers would be at happy since its not in their backyard its out in North West Sydney isn't this what they wanted. I guess their scared it could come to a station near them.
Yes, if I were living in the inner west I'd be absolutely horrified at the prospect of far more frequent services and a faster journey (and not that much less seats per hour), so much so that I'd sell up and move to Wollongong where I could still enjoy the pleasures of a traditional double deck service, sitting on a church pew for 1.5 hours (if not standing for 1.5 hours). Life is really tough in the inner west, what with sacrificing valuable capuccino time for the ordeal of the mental strain of choosing between the many train, tram and bus services available. Life is certainly simpler when you only have one mode that comes at convenient turn-up-and-go memory headways every one or two hours.
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They might have to accept it, but they don't have to like it.tonyp wrote:SMH produces headline to generate predictable shock, horror reaction from their inner city-dwelling readers. Am I the only one not to find a problem with this? Sydney is becoming a megacity requiring more residential stock, people need to get over it.boronia wrote:https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/pla ... 4zrki.html
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From Sydney Metro's Facebook page - a train testing on the Windsor Rd bridge:
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bri ... 4zs0j.html
They are going to have this project finished by September?
They are going to have this project finished by September?
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I’m guessing that is bad reporting. It doesn’t say that but is worded in a way that implies it.
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I hope that is completed in time. The new lane on Epping Rd westbound starting at Essex St has been quite helpful in the PM but they should have started this westbound lane all the way back near the high school where the bus lane ends now. Usually, heading eastbound, Epping Rd is pretty good in the morning all the way and is no problem until about Culloden Rd but there's a bus lane to cover this section.
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It certainly won't be completed before the metro opens, let alone before the ECRL shutdown, which is only two and a half months away. As it involves major construction widening the bridge, it's still got to go through the whole approvals process, so it could be a couple of years at least before it's actually completed. The new westbound lane from Essex St to the bridge is for left turning traffic into Blaxland Rd only (before the bridge) and from my observation is hardly used, apart from those smart arses who try and cut into the middle lane to cross the bridge. It is possible to make a left turn before Blaxland Rd to reach it. It just demonstrates the shortsightedness of not including the bridge widening as part of the original road widening project. It was just penny pinching. It could have been well on its way to completion by now if they'd shown a bit more foresight.rogf24 wrote:I hope that is completed in time. The new lane on Epping Rd westbound starting at Essex St has been quite helpful in the PM but they should have started this westbound lane all the way back near the high school where the bus lane ends now. Usually, heading eastbound, Epping Rd is pretty good in the morning all the way and is no problem until about Culloden Rd but there's a bus lane to cover this section.
Even so, it's only a band-aid solution to the broader issue of the limited number of major east-west road crossings of the Northern Line between West Ryde and Epping. The Eastwood County Road from Epping Road, North Ryde to Kissing Point Road, Dundas, which runs mid-way between West Ryde and Epping, is the only long term solution. The 7 lane wide Eastwood Rail Overbridge was built as part of this project and the connecting links with North Ryde and Dundas need to be completed as a matter of urgency.
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Buses use it as an unofficial bus lane it seems.Transtopic wrote:The new westbound lane from Essex St to the bridge is for left turning traffic into Blaxland Rd only (before the bridge) and from my observation is hardly used, apart from those smart arses who try and cut into the middle lane to cross the bridge.
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At least it benefits the long suffering M54 passengers. Unfortunately it's too difficult to install a bus priority signal at the Blaxland Road/Langston Pl intersection, as it also needs to allow for the left turns.rogf24 wrote:Buses use it as an unofficial bus lane it seems.Transtopic wrote:The new westbound lane from Essex St to the bridge is for left turning traffic into Blaxland Rd only (before the bridge) and from my observation is hardly used, apart from those smart arses who try and cut into the middle lane to cross the bridge.
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Given they knocked down houses in the area, they could have at least put in 2 lanes near Langston Pl, one for turning left and another for bus queue jumping with signal priority.swtt wrote:At least it benefits the long suffering M54 passengers. Unfortunately it's too difficult to install a bus priority signal at the Blaxland Road/Langston Pl intersection, as it also needs to allow for the left turns.
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360 walk through of the train:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQ2JP8L7Kc
First glimpse of the post-Metro network map:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQ2JP8L7Kc
First glimpse of the post-Metro network map:
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Can we get any better quality??
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Screenshot from the video. Don't think possible to get any better.
In any event, its old stickers - the bigger line only one still clearly says Cudgegong Road
In any event, its old stickers - the bigger line only one still clearly says Cudgegong Road
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Yeah a definite disbenefit for Bankstown:boronia wrote:https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/can ... 4zsvz.html
And about 5 minutes faster to Central.
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One of the things the council mentioned was gap fillers, can't they just extend out at the same time as the platform screen doors so there is no travel time penalty (the one in New York is terrible).
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I’d also hope that they can implement selective door opening in case of failure, i.e. the PSD and train door could be programmed to not open in case of gap filler failure to prevent the whole stop needing to be skipped.