Re: Driver’s View Tram 75 Vermont South to Camberwell Depot 28 Minutes.
  David McLoughlin

Thanks Richard. A nice look along a line very familiar to me.

Some observations:

1: There are "next stop" recorded announcements for the first few stops
inbound -- perhaps as far as Blackburn Road. Then none. Seems odd.

2: There seems to be no tram priority whatever at traffic lights, despite
the existence of T lights at them all. At some lights, the T light went red
as the tram approached, and made the tram wait for up to 100 seconds,
including to allow cars to turn right in front of the stopped tram. Are
there no transponders any more? Years ago, a driver in a B on an 88
demonstrated things like a driver-operated transponder to me. You'd think
technology would be far and away better than that now, but even that seems
to have gone.

3: As I always think when travelling along the outer sections of the 75 and
the 86, I find it astounding that the trams appear to be limited to 50okh
or 60kmh maximum when the motor traffic adjacent is 70kmh or 80kmh. I even
saw a couple of 30kmh signs just for the trams. Today's trams can go much
faster. When were governors fitted? It must have been decades ago now.
Ghastly.


--
david mcloughlin, New Zealand
"Better to be a Never Was than a Has Been."


On Saturday, 15 June 2019 15:20:37 UTC+12, Richard Youl wrote:

> If you have not ridden the 75 from Vermont South for a while, this may be

> an easier way to do so.

>

> Regards,

>

> https://youtu.be/yoa_K3l4YPE

>