COM: Glenelg Tramline Upgrade

[BillD]

Here are a couple of shots taken late on today's first day of service over the new extension.

Outside the Adelaide Railway Station. Please dump the blue banners !


Our first advertising Flexity. Not to my liking but some appreciate it.

[jimmy_2486]

If trams ran often on the Noarlunga line do you really think the system would struggle to cope with peak demand?? Trams can run right behind each other can't they, you can cram 10 of them in the stretch of rail that one signal would take up...

In fact there were 2 trams running behind each other when I came to uni during the morning peak......soo many people was not funny....there were easily a few hundred. The tram actually got packed from marion road and people had to go on the tram that was following behind from there on in.

[Norman]

Tram Stop Displays (exc. Mosely Square)
http://photos.galoresoftware.net/main.p ... temId=2023


Opening Day Bag & Model
http://photos.galoresoftware.net/main.p ... temId=2121


Crazy Driver at Mosley Square
http://photos.galoresoftware.net/main.p ... temId=1294


Tram Stops at Night
http://photos.galoresoftware.net/main.p ... temId=2157

[Düsseldorfer]

Great to see the new tram line operating, a real step forward for Adelaide and I can see the potential for having more tram lines to run different routes in the city and going out to the suburbs. One would hope they make a line to Norwood, the Airport and along port road to Grange and West Lakes. In my opinion the Port Adelaide train line should stay, if the rail system got a good kick up the ass and became more like the German S-bahn or at the very least like Connex Melbourne or CityRail Sydney.

By the way, anyone who suggests that a tram line to Gawler is a good thing needs their heads checked. The Gawler line is almost 50km long and I wouldn't consider Gawler inner suburbs which is the type of location to which trams and light-rail are suited. Salisbury, Elizabeth and Gawler are all way out of the city and take a good 30+min by the current rail system to reach, same on the Noarlunga line. I think the only train lines that could be made into light-rail are the Belair and Outer-harbour/Grange lines that way we could still run main-line north and south bound trains.

I'm coming home next year so i think i will definitly have to take a ride, but there's a lot more exitement in Adelaide about trams, in Germany i see and hear about new underground lines and new tram lines being built but the people don't get as exited, i guess its cause they've already got them in most areas.

And I would just like to say that i love looking at the pics u guys put up as well as the videos, it really shows how much Adelaide has changed since i left and that i've got something to look forward to seeing when i come back.

[Norman]

Well, really the S-Bahn is the backbone of the outer metro areas in Germany, with feeder buses connecting their cities with the S-Bahns, while in the inner metro area, light rail is used to transport people to their destination, with connecting buses waiting to take people back home to their houses. It really is quite simple to get around there. All S-Bahns have a 20-30 minute frequency, with a 15 minute frequency in peak hour. This would be sufficient for areas such as Seaford, Noarlunga, Gawler, Barossa Valley and Belair. Elisabeth, Mawson Lakes and Salisbury may need more trains, but they can be fed in. Light rail should typically have a 10 minute frequency on weekdays, 5-10 in peak and 15 on weekends for all city-bound routes, with other connecting routes (such as a Marion Shopping Centre to Belair line) should have a 20 minute frequency on weekdays, 30 on weekends.

[Norman]

Anyhow...

Another YouTube Video

[crawf]

It should show "UniSA City West Campus", ohwell

Are many people using the City West stop?

[crawf]

[quote="normangerman"]
Opening Day Bag & Model
http://photos.galoresoftware.net/main.p ... temId=2121


Whats that long book in the middle? (between the Tramline booklet and Brilliant Breaks) and what does it say on the circle thing next to it

[Norman]

The small booklet has vouchers for the Hyatt, A&R, Ambassadors Hotel, Bailetti Sports, Hair on the Square, North Restaurant Skycity, Opal Field Gems, Outlaws Speed Shop, The Arts Theatre, Trims and Stamford Plaza Adelaide.

The coaster has

"Adelaide's Tram Extension
[Pic of Tram]
Victoria Square to City West
Grand Opening
14 October 2007"

The sticker has on the outer circle "Adelaide Trams - Catch One"
The inner text has "You're On The Right Track!"

It should show "UniSA City West Campus", ohwell

Are many people using the City West stop?

Well, I've only travelled there tonight, but there are a few people who are using the terminus. Whether that was just for joyrides remains to be seen. I will assess it again in a few week's time.

[Norman]

More download stuff... a ride on the Glenelg Tram, Glenelg to City West

http://www.galoresoftware.net/tramstops.wav

[Xaragmata]

More TLE opening pics, between Adelaide Railway Station and Pirie Street stops:
http://www.xaragmata.thebbs.org/album/t ... ndex3.html

Extension construction pics start at
http://www.xaragmata.thebbs.org/album/t ... index.html

[Will409]

I have started woth part 2 because I don't have time to upload part 1
at the moment (which is nearly 10 minutes long). That will come this
afternoon.

[ozisnowman]

What the Government needs to do is to clarify what it means
by Tram and what it means by Light Rail... If they are thinking
of running trams on the rail tracks as light rail they are got
to be joking. Dont expect express travell to be fast to Norlunga
or Gawler....

If they think Perth's EMU class is Light Rail which can travel
up to 130km/hr compared to the Tram's 80km/hr then that
would be ideal. However Bombarier the same company which
made the flexity tram classifies the FLEXITY Classic as a
Light Rail vehicle whilst Perth's EMU class if classified as
Communter Rail.

[rev]

That savings and loans tram, they should have done the whole thing, rather then leave the yellow/blue/red ends...

[Will409]

Part 1 of the extension video is now available.