Sydney Metro - M1 Chatswood-Sydenham stage opening
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Brian Blunt
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Malcolm Miles
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Just about every single one of the 425 trains darting across the new Sydney Metro line were on time on its very first day of full operation.
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Nearly 200,000 people hopped on the new Metro train line in Sydney on its inaugural day.
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen gave a glowing review of the new network’s first day, saying the only issues were minor.
More than 190,000 passengers on Monday took a trip on 425 trains that ran at the “highest level of reliability”, Ms Haylen said, with 99.76 per cent on trains coming on time.
Commuters
heading south from Victoria Cross Station get subterranean, as the new
line goes under the Sydney Harbour. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers“Metro is a shot in the arm for public transport in Sydney … great cities around the world have great public transport options that people choose as their first option, not as a last resort,” Ms Haylen said.
The busiest time on Monday was from 3pm to 7pm, when 71,000 passengers used the service.
On Monday morning, 40,000 people took a ride, and that grew to 55,000 during the Tuesday rush hour.
“There will of course be some teething problems. Thankfully so far we’re only had some minor issues,” Ms Haylen said.
“When you’re on-board, hang on, these trains do accelerate and brake quickly.”
Sydney Metro chief executive Peter Regan said there were people just coming to check out the new line on Monday, but Tuesday had seen distinctly more commuters on-board.
Mr Regan was clearly enthused at Monday’s results, but tempered expectations.
Though 99.76 per cent of trains were on time “we won’t get that everyday”, Mr Regan said, but the system was off to a strong start.
Train doors on the fully-automated Metro are being held open for 90 seconds to begin with, but over time that will be reduced, as metro systems around the world tend to stay open 30 seconds, he said.
“Sydneysiders have been voting with their feet and Opal cards,” Secretary of Transport for NSW Josh Murray said.
An overheight truck incident slowed down traffic on the Harbour Bridge on Tuesday morning, and Mr Murray encouraged everyone to use public transport.
The $21.6bn project – developed by the former Liberal government – was scheduled to launch on August 4 but had been pushed back because approvals from the rail safety regulator
Driverless Metro trains are running from Tallawong in the city’s northwest through to Sydenham, via four new Metro stations underneath the Sydney CBD.
A trip between Chatswood and Sydenham takes about 22 minutes with the new metro, while travelling between Sydenham and Tallawong will take just under an hour.
The first north-to-south train leaves Tallawong at 4.38am daily. The first train headed north from Sydenham departs at 4.54am.
Matthew Geier
Only ‘minor’ teething issues on first day of Sydney Metro, 190,000 passengers take a rideJust about every single one of the 425 trains darting across the new Sydney Metro line were on time on its very first day of full operation.
They should have been on time. Single line, back and forth with no junctions or interactions with other lines. Only a break down would have messed things up for them and mercifully they had no breakdowns.
They were stopping at city stations for a about twice the dwell time needed.
I was at Sydenham at around 8pm observing the train I just got
from Chatswood leave again. Midway down the train some one or
something jammed a train or platform door. Two platform staff RAN
down the platform to investigate the flashing warning light.
I did find it rather amusing there are departure signals at
Sydenham and the train signal cleared before the announcement was
made that the train was departing. There are actual human visible
signals in advance of all points. So there is a signal at
Barangaroo as well, that while it looks and operated like a
station departure signal, it's 'protecting' the crossover at that
location.
Before I left Sydenham another train came out of the yard, ran into the other platform but the doors did not open. It departed shortly after empty. Presumably it returned to Tallawong as empty cars.
The rail noise between Gadigal - Martin Place and Bangaroo is quite excessive. What is it with rail planners designing routes that promote rail wear ?. Deep tubes, there is no excuse for curves so sharp wheels have to drag.
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Greg Sutherland
Edgecliff Station on the Eastern Suburbs Line has a very impressive under cover facility with special exclusive cycleways access for quite a few years, retrofitted at great expense with you the taxpayers footing the bill. It gets minimal use by the cycling community and its construction made permanent reductions on public services route buses operational capacity and reduced the quality of bus travele rs access for thoseentering and leaving the bus interchange.
Of course we know that in Metro land sunk capital costs are of no concern.
Greg
knoww that this is being "better
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Michael Lewis
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And the waste does not end there, half the heritage Rose Bay promenade along the waterfront has been "deeded" at massive expense to a cycleway shared with pedestrians /prams etc who are afforded the protection of a painted line on the ground and a few signs requesting cyclists to slow down!!!
The majority of the small number of cyclists, especially the lycra louts, ignore this purpose built for them infrastructure and continue to use the New South Head Roadway, with bus passengers having to make their way across the cycleway to get on/off the bus services. Another set back for bus users and further increasing stresses for bus drivers.
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Matthew Geier
The majority of the small number of cyclists, especially the lycra louts, ignore this purpose built for them infrastructure and continue to use the New South Head Roadway, with bus passengers having to make their way across the cycleway to get on/off the bus services. Another set back for bus users and further increasing stresses for bus drivers.
They are on the road as the actual cycle way is full of
obstructions and wayward pedestrians. A some one who uses a
bicycle for transport (not hooning or exercise), a lot of
so-called 'bicycle infrastructure' is extraordinary badly designed
with random obstructions, pointless chicanes, random speed bumps,
pointless extra length bypasses that go around places you actually
want to go, etc, etc.
It's fairly clear that the council engineers designing these things do not ride bicycles or only ride MTBs on dirt trails in national park on weekends. They never ride a 'city bike' to get from point A to point B an urban area expecting to get there uninjured.
David Batho
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Matthew Geier
MTB is an abbreviation for Mountain Bike. (Not Metropolitan Tramway Board in this case!)
You know those things with fat knobbly tires , low gear ratios and overly large suspension.
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