Observations:

1) Melbourne trams seem to be driven with more ‘verve’, accelerating away from stops quite rapidly, whilst Sydney seems to be a little more relaxed in style, with no sharp acceleration. Is this because the CAF trams cannot do this, or because the drivers are instructed to drive that way (to avoid the possibly of passengers falling over?)?

2) Stop spacing seems to be roughly about the same in Sydney and Melbourne. Is there a standard for this?

3) How much of a difference does the numbers of doors available for loading and unloading make to transit times when comparing Sydney and Melbourne? [I’m thinking of comparisons like toast racks v saloon cars, or Bradifield cars (In multi-door form) v later single-deckers, or single v double deckers, in Sydney, or Tait/Swing Door v Harris in Melbourne.]

Thanks for this, Richard.

Good to see you back and posting.

David

> On 19 Mar 2024, at 2:15 pm, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

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> With the interest shown in the 96 vs L2 video, I decided to see which city street has the faster trams. The Sydney trip uses a video different from last time.

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> Which City Tram is Faster? George St or Swanston St?

> https://youtu.be/6cFyHG5SOWM

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> Richard

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