The image posted by ml69 indicates that design to date hasn't had the benefit of experienced rail designers. Firstly, Vic and NSW no longer build curved platforms, because of the larger gap between train and platform , and because the driver can't see all the passengers boarding. Secondly, side plat...

Melbourne has great skills in rebuilds and maintenance, but the skills are all controlled within a single company - Yarra Trams, which may push up the price of accessing those skills. Many of the rebuilds in the CBD have been completed over a weekend. A few years ago there was a sped up video of reb...

Some aspects of the light rail plan don't seem to be have been well thought through: - if high density living in the Port area really takes off within the 30+ year investment period, trams won't have the required capacity and the society of the time will regret that the line was converted to light r...

Perth trains feel like the S-Bahn, with rapid acceleration and a top speed of 130 km/hr. Brisbane's electrics also feel fast but for only small portions of their route, such as newer parts of the line to the Gold Coast. Victoria's regional trains have long sustained periods at 160 km/hr, but with th...

I am surprised the render shows a station with 2 side platforms rather than an island platform (as on the South Road tram overpass). With an island platform, the foundations and pillars would be either side of the current tracks, and could all be prepared while the line is still operating. Then with...

you think the grass will die from being parked on once per week for 22 weeks of the year, in winter? I'm not so sure on the science of that - i can only take your word if you believe that is the case. thats getting parked on 22 days out of 365 Some calculations Area of current grass carpark NW of o...

Tram/train nightmare in Bowden TOD ? Does the Port railway line really have the capacity for 2 tram routes plus 2 rail routes from the Bowden TOD to Woodville ? If each of these 4 routes has 4 peak hour services per hour in each direction, this is 32 services per hour between Bowden and Woodville. ...

Mandurah line increases patronage 2.5 times over high-frequency express buses ! http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/scripts/viewarticle.asp?NID=2513 Capacity of a busway system means little if people won't use it in sufficient numbers to utilise that capacity. The Perth experience is that there has been a lar...

Sea level rise ? While it's wonderful for the SA government to be planning a tram service to the Port Adelaide and West Lakes area to improve transport and stimulate transit-oriented development, has there been any consideration of the effects of global warming on assets close to our current sea le...

Once both the electric trains and tram-trains start operating between Bowden and Woodville, how will the number of services fit into a double-track line ? If there a service every 15 minutes to - Outer Harbour - Grange - Semaphore (tram-train) - AAMI stadium this means a service every 4 minutes in e...

Let's hope it gets built. The footbridge will provide better access to the Adelaide Railway Station and Glenelg tramline. To use the King William Road bridge means an extra walk of at least 400m, which means a lot of people simply drive. In Melbourne, events at the Telstra Dome, and MCG are often se...

Lack of vision: Where are the forward plans for Adelaide in 20 years time ? The last time this sort of planning was done was in about 1968 with the MATS Plan. This had staged costed plans through to 1986. Beijing has plans to triple its subway network by 2050, complete with route maps. Adelaide now...

Park-and-ride: Now that the Mitsibushi factory is going to close, there's a fantastic opportunity to develop park-and-ride from the Tonsley line. Between the rail line and the Mitsibushi factory is a HUGE carpark, capable of holding at least 2000 cars. (Just look on Google Earth.) Once the upholstr...

Let's get the Glenelg tram system working well first before extending it ! More trams: Before extending the tram service to other parts of the CBD, it's far more important to get the current route working well. During the daytime, the 10 trams can only service the terrace-to-terrace sector once eve...

CBD employment: Thanks for those who contributed stats on CBD employment and public transport modal share. Without activity in the centre, there's not much point in upgrading a public transport system. A 26% public transport modal share is dismal, but understandable given the wide streets. The 40% ...