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Re: Electrification and Resleepering of suburban rail networ

#1336 Post by muzzamo » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:19 pm

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Re: Electrification and Resleepering of suburban rail networ

#1337 Post by muzzamo » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:22 pm

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#1338 Post by skyliner » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:59 pm

Is that roof an overall cover or just a frame. Otherwise quite impressed.

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Re: Electrification and Resleepering of suburban rail networ

#1339 Post by metro » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:18 pm

skyliner wrote:Is that roof an overall cover or just a frame. Otherwise quite impressed.
Just a frame, the rest of the cover will be added after electrification.

I like the new LCD screens at Hallet Cove, would be nice to see them installed at every busy station, hopefully they're more accurate than the RealFailTime LED system. But with these newer stations, they really need to employ both station staff and security, plus regular cleaners otherwise they're going to go the way of Mawson Lakes, nice for the first 2 weeks, then trashed for the next 5 years. Also with extra the CCTV cameras installed out at Mawson, crime and vandalism only got worse :lol:

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#1340 Post by Dylan_ » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:54 pm

metro wrote:I like the new LCD screens at Hallet Cove,
One of these appeared recently at Blackwood too.

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#1341 Post by jk1237 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:16 am

dont know where to post this but hardly any of Canada's railways have concrete sleepers which is quite odd. We all carry on about everywhere having concrete sleepers. Used Montreals metro/subway system today. Quite an extensive and busy system, but the rubber tyre wheels make the most awful bumpy ride and very noisy

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#1342 Post by Aidan » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:33 am

jk1237 wrote:dont know where to post this but hardly any of Canada's railways have concrete sleepers which is quite odd.
Considering their local abundance of timber, it doesn't seem odd to me.
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Re: Electrification and Resleepering of suburban rail networ

#1343 Post by Hooligan » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:36 pm

Elizabeth interchange is now completely fenced off.

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#1344 Post by The Scooter Guy » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:03 pm

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#1345 Post by crawf » Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:01 pm

Caught a train (3000-class?) for the first time in ages, and I have to say I was impressed. A massive improvement compared to the scratched filthy windows, ugly 80s interior and shocking station announcements in the old interior. The new interior is more modern and 10x better.

You can also notice an improvement with the railway track between North Adelaide and Mawson Lakes due to the recent upgrade. Alot smoother and faster.

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#1346 Post by The Scooter Guy » Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:15 pm

Gawler branch works from last week:
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#1347 Post by AG » Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:32 pm

Looks like no time being wasted in the demolition of Elizabeth Station. Other forums are reporting that the tracks and ballast along the majority of the corridor have now been stripped away.

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#1349 Post by The Scooter Guy » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:53 pm

The works fortunately do not affect the standard gauge main lane (where the interstate trains run).
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#1350 Post by Norman » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:21 am

Elizabeth Station is gone, as is the Up platform at Munno Para.

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