5 1/2 hours sounds like a reasonable journey time for a Sydney light rail
service. Let's hope they don't get faster. They wouldn't want to show the
eastern lines up in a bad light.

I guess for the Herald, if it starts with a "C", Carlingford is as good a
depot location as Camellia.

Tony P

On Friday 15 March 2024 at 10:09:34 UTC+11 Greg Sutherland wrote:

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> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/parramatta-gets-a-glimpse-of-its-future-first-light-rail-travels-through-cbd-20240315-p5fcnl.html

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> A tram has rolled through Parramatta’s CBD for the first time in 80 years,

> as testing begins on the entire line of the first stage of the Parramatta

> Light Rail project.

>

> A 45-metre, 63-tonne red and white tram slowly rolled out of its stabling

> facility in Carlingford at 9.30pm on Thursday, before moving south to

> Parramatta Square, up Church Street and past the hospital precinct to

> Westmead – before arriving back five and a half hours later.

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> Duration 5:12

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> Tram testing kicks off in Parramatta CBD

> [image: Tram testing kicks off in Parramatta CBD]

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> [image: Tram testing kicks off in Parramatta CBD]

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> [image: Tram testing kicks off in Parramatta CBD]

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> The Parramatta Light Rail project has reached a major milestone in the

> heart of western Sydney, where the first tram rolled through Parramatta CBD

> as testing ramps up ahead of services beginning later this year. Vision:

> NSW government.

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> The late-night journey marks the first time a tram has completed the

> entire track, after the government began testing a small section of the

> line in December last year.

>

> The tram has to undergo more than 2000 hours of day and night testing

> before passengers can use the service. The government is yet to reveal an

> exact date for the opening, but says it will begin “later this year”.

>

> A police car escorted the light rail throughout the journey, as bewildered

> passers-by took photos and peered inside the vehicle.

>

> White gauge testing markers that reflected the tram’s maximum heights and

> widths were pinned to the front of the vehicle to avoid the tram getting

> damaged if a platform or tracks had been incorrectly measured – but they

> remained intact.

> [image: Testing in the Parramatta CBD began late on Thursday night under a

> police escort.]

>

> Testing in the Parramatta CBD began late on Thursday night under a police

> escort.Credit: NSW Government

>

> The track – which has multiple sections covered by grass, and some

> sections that have no overhead wiring – will be home to 13 Spanish-made

> light rail vehicles when it is opened. Those vehicles are the only ones in

> Sydney to have bike racks onboard.

>

> While the project’s first stage is nearing completion, its second stage,

> which will connect communities further east of the Parramatta CBD,

> including Melrose Park and Wentworth Point, is yet to begin.

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> The state’s planning authorities approved the second stage last month –

> seven years after it was first announced by the former Coalition

> government. But the government has not yet revealed how much it will cost.

> [image: Testing in the Parramatta CBD began late on Thursday night under a

> police escort.]

>

> Testing in the Parramatta CBD began late on Thursday night under a police

> escort.Credit: NSW Government

>

> Camilla Drover, deputy secretary of Transport for NSW, said the Parramatta

> CBD testing would be a change for people used to walking on the tracks.

>

> “This is the first time vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists have had to

> interact with light rail in Parramatta, so we ask all road users to remain

> vigilant,” she said. “Please take extra care to be safe when walking,

> riding or driving near the light rail and pay attention to the signs and

> traffic directions.”

>

> Transport Minister Jo Haylen said the project had so far involved 5500

> jobs.

>

> “People living in western Sydney deserve reliable, world-class public

> transport links,” she said.

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