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Re: Re: Sydney Metro - M1 Chatswood-Sydenham stage opening

TP
Monday, August 19, 2024 1:06 PM

I was waiting for somebody to do a good video that includes, not only a summary of the journey, but a look at each station. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFNWkWJGBUA&t

Tony P

On Monday 19 August 2024 at 21:04:39 UTC+10 TP wrote:
That's because it was off-peak. Don't forget, what you're seeing on the metro includes passengers who've come across from the T1 services. One news reporter who travelled down the north shore suburban service in the morning peak reported that the suburban trains were almost empty. To a large extent, this north shore to city section of the metro is going to rob Peter to pay Paul (take patronage from suburban trains and buses), but the hope is that its speed, reliability and frequency will attract new commuters who presently drive.

Talking of reliability, coincidentally, half of the city circle went down today because of a signal failure - that would have kicked a lot of people across to the metro, even though Sydney Trains weren't advising passengers that they could change to the metro. There are some mad things coming out now that the metro has started. One commuter noted that if you missed a T1 service on the upper north shore heading to the west, you could catch the next one, change to the metro at Chatswood and catch up with and change to the service you missed at Central. It's fast.

Tony P

On Monday 19 August 2024 at 19:41:36 UTC+10 Brian Blunt wrote:
 Not being amenable to getting up early, I travelled from Sydenham to Chatswood about 11 am. 
The loading was not more than i would have expected on a normal day. 



On 19 Aug 2024, at 19:35, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder <[email protected]> wrote:


Later in the day:


Tony P

On Monday 19 August 2024 at 13:31:12 UTC+10 TP wrote:

The stations:


Tony P

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