There has been much fretting at in the NSW Government over the future of Town Hall station, so much so that it has been a key factor in the plan for the Rozelle Metro, and in previous proposals such as the Metro-West line from Central to Wynyard not via Town Hall.
The situation arises from Town Hall being Sydney’s most popular station, yet confined to a small station box with 6 running lines and platforms. The station is also situated over 3 underground levels - concourse and two rail levels, as well …
I’ll try to keep away from my hobbyhorse polemic language from my own blog and stick to some reasonable
Last night’s announcement of $4.62 billion in funding for urban public transport projects in the 2009-10 Federal Budget is certainly a welcome thing.
There have been some recent posts such as Phin’s on high speed rail in the USA on the different blogs,
I was having a look at the new timetable for bus route 706 in Melbourne (PDF), which is not really a new
Articles focussed on transport economics, including rail and tram construction costs, operating costs, CBAs, tipping points etc.
Ways in which efficient planning and operation of transport systems can be attained. This section also includes plans for potential future transport projects.
The environmental and social costs and benefits of transport, the extent to which they can be assessed, and opportunity cost in provision.
While not wishing to lower this site’s very good reputation too far, it might be time for a bit of creativity.
Have a go at designing one per person, and we’ll vote on it at the end.
If you can go into this site and upload it yourself, then great.
If not, load your design onto photobucket or another free photo hosting site (or anywhere you like really) and post the link to it here.
Here’s my entry:
Riccardo
Loose shunter
Damo
Peter Parker
Proposal on Railpage http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1256083.htm#1256083.
I disagree strongly with it but would like others comments.
Nunawading - a station of no great merit to be destroyed, and replaced with another of no great merit.
Nunawading proposal
A recent post on Smartpassengers’ forum (a advocacy group for Melbourne public transport) on their heritage policy got my brain engaged in looking at how to fit heritage into a modern rail system.
However I would like to tie this issue in to one of my original posts on this site, and relate the role of a railway station to the basic and extended value propositions for public transport.
You will recall that …
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1252193.htm#1252193
I’ll post my two-bob here:
I’ve seen single ended cars work well on the Tuen Mun light rail system, a bit strange at first. It’s not just the lack of drivers stand but also the doors being on only one side which saved space, a bit like a bus.
The network obviously requires loops or triangles to shunt, but this network was ‘well invested in’ so it didn’t look like that was going to be much of a burden in the scheme of things.
Also in HK the island tramway has the ‘tram …
Interested in views on operating hours - from Philippines rail list two articles on operating hours. Does this reflect the situation here? What about Nightrider buses? Do they help?
5,000 MRT riders on off hours
Roderick T. dela Cruz - Manila Standard Today - Wednesday 3 June 2009
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 drew 5,346 passengers on the first day of its extended service, targetting mostly call center agents and business process outsourcing workers.
“This was below our target of 12,000 passengers that we expected to take the MRT from 11 p .m. …
Riccardo Peter Parker Phin