They’re more than deputised on the L1 now, they’re normal service cars.

Chances are these days if you get one type one way your return trip will be on the other.

In hindsight they were lucky they bought double ended cars instead of the North African style back-to-back single enders originally intended.

Tony

> On 6 Feb 2023, at 23:48, Matthew Geier matthew@...> wrote:

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> On 6/2/23 20:26, Steven Altham wrote:

>> I would have thought 30 coupled citadis trams would be counted a 60 trams for Sydney they are not permanently coupled????

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> Except when deputized for L1 operation they always run in pairs on L2/L3 so for all practical purposes they are operationally a single 60m tram set under the control of a singe driver.

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> The problem affecting Sydney public transport is not enough drivers. While it's most evident on the buses, there are stuffing 'challenges' with the trams and trains in Sydney too. It's just not quite has acute as the buses.

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