Re: Sydney Metro West
  prescottt

..... or alternatively, a modern **electric rail** system with the actual speed and capacity necessary to service the needs of a megacity.

I've posted all the journey time comparisons recently, plus seating is meaured by seats per hour, not per train, with journey time also a factor. I see this system as little different from Perth's S-bahn type system, just automated and more of it underground (Perth has to go underground too for some future lines).

As somebody who has mainly used Sydney/NSW Trains for longer distances (Hornsby, Campbelltown, South Coast) and waited patiently for 40 years of endless track and signalling improvements to yield some positive result (which incidentally isn't supposed to include slowing down the trains), I'm well over it. Arguing for it is defending the indefensible. If the metro will deliver Perth-level performance that's game,set, match as far as I'm concerned. Sydney Trains can concentrate on lifting its game for the secondary and long-distance work where its lower capacity (though not its speed) is more appropriate to demand.

Immigration - that's been bipartisan for many years. I personally don't like the size that Sydney and Melbourne have become (with bigger still to come), but that's one for next generations to deal with. For us, it's best to leave them with the best possible and most sustainable transport systems to cope with that. That's either:

Metro at maximum capacity of 8 cars, 30 trains ph = 45,000 people (15,000 seats) per hour per direction and a trip up to 10 minutes quicker

or

Sydney Trains at maximum capacity of 8 cars, 20 trains ph (on a good day) = 25,000 people (18,000 seats) phpd and a slow trip

Take yer pick.

Tony P
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More fraudulent, bogus, corruption driven Ponzi absurdity “options” from the government of death and defecation