I do feel that the light rail will help Canberra to become a proper city.

Regards Geoffrey
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From:tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...> on behalf of Prescott lenkaprescott@...>
Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2019 3:39:46 AM
To: TramsDownUnder
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Canberra 'live:

Great stuff thanks Matthew. Gee Canberra is a desolate hole! The trip took about 5 minutes longer than schedule but the reasons are obvious in the video and there's probably no particular schedule for this occasion. Note the dark-coloured stanchions to reduce their visual impact, something that they should be doing in Sydney. Despite the horrible concrete runway, it generally looks a lot better than CSELR. I see that they've left space between the tracks for a future stop at the industrial area, good forward-thinking if you insist on centre-island platforms. I'm a bit mystified by the drop in speed limts to 50 (then alternating back up to 60) along Northbourne Ave. There seems no reason for it but at least there's no sign of Sydney-style over-zealous micromanagement nor meaningless 10 km/h crawls into stops.

I detect the influence of the German operator in the livelier driving style and the effort to render the standard gong into a something resembling a more effective clatter gong. I've been hanging out for a Central European operator to be given a contract here for years, so the wait is over! The less of the French the better, they just don't know how to run tramways properly and it's taking them too long to learn. You need a long tradition of doing it which the French simply don't have. Trying to reinvent it from scratch is a disastrous path and we all pay for it with poorer service.

Tony P

On Saturday, 20 April 2019 12:07:15 UTC+10, Matthew Geier wrote:
A "live stream" from Gungahlin to Civic. Complete with the line to ride and bonus camera shake from recording from a hand held mobile phone.

https://youtu.be/uyGMNxFJv5o

Of note - one light fitting already falling apart and at the start of the trip the auto announcer losing the plot and anouncing we were arriving at Gungahlin just after we left!

Plenty of people out but not massively overcrowded. May grow in the afternoon. Magic day weather wise.

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