Re: Sydney Metro control roomand 24 hour service

TP
Saturday, October 19, 2024 4:21 AM

The planning approval for the NW rail line was organised by the previous Labor government, which was still thinking about whether the line should join with the Richmond line and, if so, where, so the approval only went as far as Tallawong. The following Coalition government wanted to get started on the job asap, rather than wait a further couple of years for more studies and a new planning approval, so that's why we have the line terminating at Tallawong. All the reservation and planning for extending the line to Schofields and Marsden Park has been done, but now it awaits approval to go ahead. Whether the current government will do this remains to be seen, but at least they've commissioned a business case.

The Bankstown metro line is proposed to go through to Liverpool, cutting at least 15 minutes off the journey time for Liverpool commuters to Sydney. There is a reservation for an underground station at Bankstown (the present metro station is a temporary one) for the Liverpool extension. This extension will be an indefinite time in the future as there are other proposed lines with a higher priority. Meanwhile, Liverpool services have reverted to their traditional city route via Regents Park and Lidcombe, with alternative services running via Granville. It's possible to change from a Liverpool train to Bankstown at Regents Park or Lidcombe.

Tony P

On Saturday 19 October 2024 at 12:37:33 UTC+11 Stuart Keenan wrote:

I agree, very frustrating that it stops so close yet so far from Schofields station and convenient interchange. Equally bizarre is the decision to stop the metro at Bankstown instead of extending it to, say, Regents Park. The previous short direct journey from Campsie to Chester Hill (to give an example) is now and forever more a bit of an ordeal with changes of train necessary at both Bankstown and Regents Park. The direct Liverpool - Bankstown trains seem to have vanished!

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 3:32 PM Geoffrey Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
It's especially frustrating how there is currently no rail connection between Tallawong and the Richmond line or between Carlingford and Epping.

Regards
Geoffrey

On Friday 18 October 2024, Robert Taaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
Fantasyland

On 18 Oct 2024, at 2:17 pm, espee8800 <[email protected]> wrote:

So what are the dotted and dashed lines represent other than the obvious - the route to be take?

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 15:29, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder <[email protected]> wrote:
A map of the desired metro network, just released by Sydney's planning think tank, Committee for Sydney, with a new housing policy report. It's similar to the government's 2056 plan, with a couple of additions.

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