Is that true that Melbourne can build tram lines so cheaply? Our lines are
rebuilt quickly with massive resources thrown into them, but at what cost?
A comparison would be interesting.
Even allowing for fixed wheel trams, the 1956 St Kilda Road track has been
replaced twice in the last twenty years.
Sydney and to a lesser extant Canberra may well be overengineered, but the
tracks do look very solid and will last, as do European tracks that take a
long time to replace as I've heard here.
Andrew.
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On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 19:28, David McLoughlin mcloughlin.dj@...>
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> Jewiwa copied from the Canberra Times:
>
> > Stage 2A will add 1.7 km of track and three new stops south of the
> existing line
>
> $135 million for a 1.7 km median-strip extension of an existing tram line
> is off the planet. And $2 billion for a median strip extension to Woden?
>
> It's Sydney territory. Madness.
>
> Does nobody outside Melbourne know Melbourne has tram experts who can
> design and build a tram line for massively less than that?
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