In Sydney Road at North Coburg terminus, there is a set down tram stop just
for that very reason. Dunno if they are game to use it, perhaps a local
might know?

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 at 16:41, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder < tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

> Good coverage Peter.

>

> It is a pity that the tracks leading to the terminus could not have been

> moved a little to the right with a small amount of ground trimmed of the

> park in such a way that a tram waiting for the terminus could be clear of

> road traffic at least.

>

> That still would not solve the problem of people stuck on a tram for

> several minutes waiting to get into the terminus. More than ever, tram

> drivers are unwilling to open the doors anywhere except at a tram stop.

>

> Richard

>

> On 8 Mar 2019, at 1:34 pm, Peter Bruce p1.bruce@...> wrote:

>

> Driving home northbound yesterday arvo about 1445 I stopped at the lights

> at the junction of Moreland Rd and Holmes Rd. There was a barrier opposite

> at the start of Nicholson St. "No Through Road, Local Traffic Only". OK by

> me, I'm a local, so I went straight ahead. Suddenly there is southbound

> traffic so I looked in my rear vision mirror, sure enough no more barrier

> and a few cars following me. So I was there for the opening of Nicholson St

> to through traffic. The track relay starts northbound just south of the

> curve near The Grove and continues to the end of the line. I don't think

> the terminal shunt is any longer and without a complete redesign of the

> intersection an ideal double track plus scissors crossover layout would not

> be possible. As it is the location is a bottleneck for traffic northbound

> because if there is a tram waiting to enter the terminus there can be a

> very long tailback of motor traffic stuck behind that waiting tram.

>

> P3072650_1 Looking north from the beginning of the work at The Grove.

>

> 653_1 North from Crozier St, one time end of the double track.

>

> 655_1 North from corner of Hutchinson St.

>

> 664_1 Why the signal?

>

> 668_1 The old span pole from Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg days, 100+

> years old?

>

> 673_1 The beginning of the work looking south towards Moreland Rd.

>

> They seem to have only replaced the overhead over the relaid section so

> far.

>

> Regards to all TDUs,

>

> Peter Bruce.

>

>

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