I was told by a fellow employee curves into flinders have been shelved
cannot confirm it on 18th February was my 30th anniversary with tramways
originally starting at east Preston
On 25 Feb 2017 10:58 pm, "'Noel Reed'noelreed10@...
[TramsDownUnder]" TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
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> OK, If the road must be excavated, why not abolish the Elizabeth Street
> stub terminus and build curves into Flinders Street in one or both
> directions. Trams could then be through routed from Elizabeth Street onto
> any of the Flinders Street routes. The Elizabeth Street scissors crossover
> could then be removed. Was there any planning thought given to that
> approach ?
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> Even single curves off and on to the eastbound Flinders Street track could
> yield a good result. That would not need any obstruction to the westbound
> Flinders St track which could have temporary crossovers and weekend ‘bang
> road’ working during the construction . The island tram platform in
> Elizabeth Street could then accommodate escalators or a ramp leading to a
> subway into the Flinders Street railway station.
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> In Sydney, the King and George Streets junction had single curves off and
> on to the city bound King Street track to allow a tram connection between
> two streets in a restricted space. See tram “R” R1 1934 negotiating one of
> these curves, also attachment showing the track and signal layout of the
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> [image: Picture of King & George Sts Jn.]
> http://tdu.to/a33422/King%20%26%20George%20Sts%20Jn.%20%27R1%271934.%201950s%20%20N%20F%20Reed%20.jpg
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> Noel Reed. Showing that Sydney tramways had good ideas.
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> *From:*TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@
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> *Sent:* Saturday, 25 February 2017 9:40 PM
> *To:*TramsDownUnder@...
> *Subject:* RE: [TramsDownUnder] Elizabeth St works today
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> Red paving, cross hatching, not even berms as Mal said, mean nothing to
> the modern motorist. The sight of a tram coming towards them on the wrong
> side of the road yields nothing more productive than confusion and a
> head-on collision. We need to go with the flow Noel, so to speak.
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> Tony P
> (Who once heard that scissors are like marriage - sometimes the two halves
> go in opposite directions but heaven help anybody who gets between them!)
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