They're pretty slow on curves and any potential acceleration and
deceleration is not effectively utilised. The situation is down to a set of
cumulative factors, none of them seemingly greatly significant in
themselves, but added together they sabotage the journey time.
Tony P
On Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 12:23:14 UTC+10bblun...@... wrote:
> The trams themselves are not slow, they can move at similar speeds to
> buses in similar circumstances.
>
> The actual journey time end to end is longer in the trams due to the need
> to get from the Elizabeth St alignment of the buses across to George St,
> and then endure the "pedestrian protecting" speed limits along that section
> (buses that previously used George St wouldn't have been much quicker, if
> at all at busy times).
>
> Traffic light priority is still "hit and miss". Journey times can vary by
> up to 5 minutes. The slow speeds in George St probably allow better
> coordination with cross traffic and reduce the waiting times. Some stops
> have dedicated pedestrian crossings and it is not uncommon for the tram to
> be held while the passengers who have just got off, cross in front of it.
>
> Brian, on the L3.
> On Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:53:39 pm AEST, Robert Taaffe <
>rtaa...@...> wrote:
>
>
> Surely we are not talking about apples and apples. Buses only stop on
> request while the trams halt at all stops.
>
> I travelled on the Kingsford service at Easter and it thought it scooted
> along quite well, certainly better than my journey on the Randwick line pre
> virus. The trams were always relatively well patronised and there was none
> of the excessive delays that featured in my previous journeys. From memory
> the longest dwell for traffic lights was only momentarily, in most cases
> the traffic lights approach cleared. There did not appear to have been any
> tram signals against us.
>
> Bob - more than happy with the journey.
>
> On Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 3:15:14 PM UTC+10 TP wrote:
>
> It's tabled at 33-34 minutes now, not quite as quick as the buses but a
> lot better than where it started out. It could do with at least another
> five minutes off, as could IWLR. This sort of difference doesn't really
> matter if you're just travelling over a segment of the line (like Circular
> Quay to Central, or Central to UNSW). It's still an issue if you're
> transferring to and from a bus at the outer ends and going right into the
> city.
>
> Tony P
>
> On Wednesday, 28 April 2021 at 14:05:10 UTC+10mcloug...@... wrote:
>
> I see the party that got rid of the trams and trenchantly opposed their
> return remains consistently sarcastic:
>
> > Opposition transport spokesman Chris Minns said he was pleased to see
> more patronage on the light rail. “The good news is you’ll always get a
> seat, the bad news is it might be quicker to walk,” he said.
>
> Can someone local tell me if they have managed to speed up the service to
> anything approaching bus speeds yet? When Judith rode it in March last
> year just before fleeing back to NZ while she still could, she said it
> appeared no faster than walking.
>
> The Bubble and Covid willing, we will be back over in June and I plan to
> sample these lines at long last.
>
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