Re: JMG - Collins Street Flyover
Andy Callaway
Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:45 PM
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Michael Walker <wk@c...> wrote:
Putting a stop right over the rail yards?? Will wonder never cease?
Pardon my cynacism (if that's the way you spell it) but I also
believe it's a nutty place to have a stop, did someone miss read the
plans perhaps??
tram stop in the middle of the bridge...
off the bridge, much like Wilco suggested. I doubt it though, the
bridge is probably too high and in the middle of nowhere for an
entrance there to be financially viable.
setting up web cams linked from their site to show one or many of
their depots bustling with trams going in and out. Or even better,
webcams that point out the windscreen of some of the trams so people
who have lots of time and bandwidth can play being a tram driver. I
suspect people who aren't enthusiasts would probably consider both
ideas novel enough to visit the YT website frequently just to have a
look. If nothing else, it would be good PR, kids would love it, worth
a small article in the IT part of some of the newspapers and raise
the profile of YT as being innovative. All reasons why it probably
will never happen...;)
Hi, Guys. This is my first post in here.
Yep, I'm the guy what took the photo.
Your speculation, I think, is correct. I have been informed by a
reliable source that the stop has been put there to serve Spencer
Street (read Southern Cross) station, via escalators. An amazing and
rare piece of forward planning...
What's even more curious, and I think it's very difficult to see in
my photo, is that there are in fact TWO super stops on the bridge;
there's another one about half way down the other side. I think
that's there because there's nowhere else to go, and it's a bit
pointless running trams over there otherwise.
I'll see if I can take some more snaps; there's a lot of work going
on in the paddock on the far side; tracks going in AND tracks coming
out.
Andy Callaway
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be that they have at long last recognised the needs of the Gunzel?A question I have been trying to get an answer to myself, could it
Putting a stop right over the rail yards?? Will wonder never cease?
Pardon my cynacism (if that's the way you spell it) but I also
believe it's a nutty place to have a stop, did someone miss read the
plans perhaps??
contract to have tram stops no further apart than x meters, hence the
Hi Citadis,
I'll pardon your cynicism if you'll pardon mine...
My cynical side says that Yarra are probably required in their
tram stop in the middle of the bridge...
The only other explanation is that they are planning ahead for theSpencer St station redevelopment with the possibility of an entrance
off the bridge, much like Wilco suggested. I doubt it though, the
bridge is probably too high and in the middle of nowhere for an
entrance there to be financially viable.
slightly interested), if they were serious they could consider
As to the suggestion of catering to enthusiasts (or even those
setting up web cams linked from their site to show one or many of
their depots bustling with trams going in and out. Or even better,
webcams that point out the windscreen of some of the trams so people
who have lots of time and bandwidth can play being a tram driver. I
suspect people who aren't enthusiasts would probably consider both
ideas novel enough to visit the YT website frequently just to have a
look. If nothing else, it would be good PR, kids would love it, worth
a small article in the IT part of some of the newspapers and raise
the profile of YT as being innovative. All reasons why it probably
will never happen...;)
Hi, Guys. This is my first post in here.
Yep, I'm the guy what took the photo.
Your speculation, I think, is correct. I have been informed by a
reliable source that the stop has been put there to serve Spencer
Street (read Southern Cross) station, via escalators. An amazing and
rare piece of forward planning...
What's even more curious, and I think it's very difficult to see in
my photo, is that there are in fact TWO super stops on the bridge;
there's another one about half way down the other side. I think
that's there because there's nowhere else to go, and it's a bit
pointless running trams over there otherwise.
I'll see if I can take some more snaps; there's a lot of work going
on in the paddock on the far side; tracks going in AND tracks coming
out.
Andy Callaway
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