Re: Visit to Melbourne
exchange19
Monday, October 7, 2002 2:56 AM
Sorry for the delay in replying, Brent; I must have overlooked your
comment. The Citadis cars I rode on produced a loud, hollow sound on
street track particularly where it's mass concrete, in other words
the vast majority of Melbourne's street track. On the stretch
between the bottom end of Bourke St down Spencer & under the railway
bridges to the Crown Casino/Convention Centre the noise was such as
one would expect to hear from an elderly tram eking out its last days
of service. That's why I made the comment in the first place. On
the reserved track it was a different story. On both the 96 and 109
sleeper tracks, the cars ran smoothly and quietly with impressive
acceleration & speed. The B class may now look a bit dated when
lined up against the Citadis but there was the feeling of comparative
solidity and seats were much more comfortable. The noise levels on
the street track were definitely lower than on the Citadis. By the
way, I rode on the same track I mentioned above in different cars ie
A's B's Citadis & even a W (route 12)and the older cars were
definitely quieter.
Regards
David in Brisbane.
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comment. The Citadis cars I rode on produced a loud, hollow sound on
street track particularly where it's mass concrete, in other words
the vast majority of Melbourne's street track. On the stretch
between the bottom end of Bourke St down Spencer & under the railway
bridges to the Crown Casino/Convention Centre the noise was such as
one would expect to hear from an elderly tram eking out its last days
of service. That's why I made the comment in the first place. On
the reserved track it was a different story. On both the 96 and 109
sleeper tracks, the cars ran smoothly and quietly with impressive
acceleration & speed. The B class may now look a bit dated when
lined up against the Citadis but there was the feeling of comparative
solidity and seats were much more comfortable. The noise levels on
the street track were definitely lower than on the Citadis. By the
way, I rode on the same track I mentioned above in different cars ie
A's B's Citadis & even a W (route 12)and the older cars were
definitely quieter.
Regards
David in Brisbane.
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Brent Efford" <brent.efford@t...> wrote:
Interesting to have those comments, David - as one who is able tovisit
Melbourne even less often (my last visit was August last year, andhopes for
this year appear likely to be disappointed).the Z, A or
How would the noise (volume and frequency) of the C compare with
B? (Or the W, for that matter!)concrete
Is it markedly different on open/sleepered track compared with mass
street track?street
What about the Combinos?
Cheers,
Brent Efford
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From: exchange19 [mailto:drevis@l...]
Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 3:09 p.m.
To: TramsDownUnder@y...
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Visit to Melbourne
I went down to Melbourne a fortnight ago on business. In the week I
was there I naturally made the time to go tram riding. Some
impressions:
The Citadis trams, although looking suitably impressive and
modernistic are rather disappointing and noisy when running on
track.
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