Changing metro frequency at short notice for extraordinary circumstances? With major disruptions to regular Sydney trains this morning that are likely to last the entire day, plus the official advice from the various Sydney Trains twitter feeds to "consider catching metro", what is the li...

booma wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:09 pm https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system ... Report.pdf

Final report.

As usual, absolutely nothing about the design or functional efficiency of buses.

That is not true. Many heavy rail stations near new Metro stations have experienced a double-digit drop in passenger numbers, therefore providing ample capacity for population growth moving forward and relief for existing overcrowding in the peaks. The Metro now also provides a proper alternative d...

That's a load of BS and you know it. The metro is certainly a great improvement over the existing Sydney Trains network, considering how much the latter has been starved of adequate funding by successive governments over the decades, but a similar level of service could have been provided if the go...

The success of the metro is down to the fact that it was built, not because it was built as a metro. Had it been built as an extension of the Sydney Trains network, it would still be far superior to the legacy network and people would still be raving about it, even though it would have been ultimat...

A concise summary of recent times in Sydney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nniSbojfi3I I don't entirely agree with his comment that some of the improved speed is down to the metro having less stations. That may be true on the city section, but when we stretch it further and compare stretches of bo...

As much as you like to endlessly tell us it is, speed isn't the only game in town. Plenty of people will sacrifice a quicker journey for comfort as has been stated many times on this forum. The incumbent government was elected on a commitment to build (or at least fund studies for) less metro lines...

Getting a seat doesn't seem to be as big a deal as the double deck advocates make out. One thing that is evident on the metro over the past few years and currently is the number of people who choose to stand, even when there are seats available. I don't think it"s one of the factors influencing...

No right or wrong answer as to which is best, each has their pros and cons. En-route charging allows for lighter buses with increased capacity, but reduces productivity, comes down to operator preference. Some have experimented with en-route charging and embraced it, others have but still gone for ...

The original point made was that high capacity EVs are heavy, and with Australia having lower axle load allowances than other countries, it is possible that they may be too heavy. Time will tell whether this is the case. With a much smaller battery pack, a high capacity bus will weigh little more t...

Why would it exceed the weight regs? Because EVs are always heavier than their diesel equivalents. Bustech, BYD, Custom Denning and Yutong electrics all have tare weights of over 13 tonnes, while equivalent sized diesel buses are in the 11 - 12 tonne range. Extrapolate that to an articulated double...

I might note the above link has specifications for an "Articulated Deck Zero Emissions Bus" - I hope that's a typo because I doubt such a vehicle will meet NSW weight requirements even when empty. I would think that the redundant "deck" would come from a copy and paste of double...

Sydney people don't have a good record witb free buses at least when the free shuttle was going in the CBD. I'm guessing all doors entry is out of the question? It would help. If TfNSW's thinking is still the same as for the Gong Shuttle, they prefer to have the driver counting boardings rather tha...

Do bus manufacturers offer a flat floor model for the Australian market and if so then it's upto individual operators to pick it as government transport agencies allow the operators to pick what chassis/body combo they want which go more towards the models that need the raised floor section because...

Still thinking a high floor behind the single pane centre door is latest as long as it's electric. The Express BZL is a fully low floor bus. Three full width doors, flat floor throughout, entry and exit all doors or it is a backwater. Could that be a thing in a right hand drive country like Austral...

I did hear somewhere that the Epping-Chatswood link had to go underground after the management of Macquarie shopping centre said no to a above ground line The then-owner of Macquarie Park Centre, AMP Capital, took the NSW government to the Land and Environment Court in a bizarre case where they cla...

Sydney. The city of could have would have should haves its whole existence! As once Premier Nathan Reese said when queried about the quality of workmanship on the Chatswood Epping Rail Link, would you rather we didn't build it at all? This is the calibre of administrations we typically have. Be gra...

1whoknows wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2024 12:16 pm One suspects the appalling quality of NSW roads might also be a factor.

I haven't noticed the sort of rattling you get here in European buses when driving over cobblestones in old cities.

Transtopic wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2024 12:05 am Probably because Sydney Trains has been starved of funding to pay for the metro.

The former government put over $3 billion into Sydney Trains for more trains, more services. The metro was funded from asset recycling. It owes Sydney Trains nothing.

Family open day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NpoALXSSkk&t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC79mw5Xhjw

The Israeli police are not slack in the music department either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igA1EADV_bo

Indeed the Chatswood to Sydenham section looks quite out of character compared to the rest of the network - my first words upon stepping into Gadigal was 'this does not look like Sydney'. Truly world class though that phrase has practically lost all meaning considering how often politicians use it....

Busways 248 on driver training on the 775 route with a repainted front bumper and all its seats are trimmed in Blue I thought it had Black seats or am I thinking of the now departed 202? 8940 A Bloated looking Element 2?? on test around St Marys today anyone know who this ones for? Keolis Northern ...

Yes but few operators look at build or design quality. In the Australian market cost seems to be the main concern, and the Custom Denning Element is among the most expensive BEBs on the market. In NSW, with the government paying for buses and having a minimum Australian manufacture requirement (50%...

Only ‘minor’ teething issues on first day of Sydney Metro, 190,000 passengers take a ride Just about every single one of the 425 trains darting across the new Sydney Metro line were on time on its very first day of full operation. Blair Jackson Daily Telegraph August 20, 2024 - 1:26PM More than 120...