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rubberman wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:23 am

Eurostar wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:41 am

Norman wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:25 am

Elder Park would have been packed to the brim at night. Too dangerous to have trams there with that many people.

Federation Square in Melbourne is busy everyday , the nearby tramstop has many crowds and its fine. More like the government making excuse to save money.

It might be that. It could also be that SA really has very low expertise in tram operations. This is not to reflect poorly on staff who obviously try hard, but is merely the result of having a system that's too small to build up expertise in what is a complicated area, but a really small part of Adelaide Metro.

There are so many signs of this around, and this is just another. IF this was Melbourne, we'd have the size of tramway to enable employment of staff who can understand and handle all of the problems that seem to stump people here.

It's also an argument for a larger system that could justify having the expertise here. At the moment, we really have people who are good at operating a standard single line. However, when it comes to special operations, tram extensions, major maintenance, they neither know what to do, nor who to ask.

I emphasise that I don't mean that as a criticism. Asking operations people to do these things is like asking a good car driver to build a car. Just because someone can drive a car, and even drive it well, it doesn't mean they can do major maintenance, nor build a new car from scratch. That's what Adelaide Metro gets tasked with, and if the truth is told, are probably doing better than most for having been thrown in the deep end.

adelaide transport wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:40 pm

King William Road was closed to all traffic on Saturday night including Buses which had to detour via North Terrace, Kintore Avenue, Victoria Drive all day and night

EBG wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:05 pm

There was some problem with the points at the Botanic Garden stop today around 12.45 pm. Trams running east could not cross directly to south platform? 3 workers were working the problem.

EBG wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:05 pm

There was some problem with the points at the Botanic Garden stop today around 12.45 pm. Trams running east could not cross directly to south platform? 3 workers were working the problem.

1NEEDS2POST wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:24 pm

EBG wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:05 pm

There was some problem with the points at the Botanic Garden stop today around 12.45 pm. Trams running east could not cross directly to south platform? 3 workers were working the problem.

They always use the northern platform. This doesn't make sense because trams drive on the left. People waiting to get on the tram often think it will be leaving from the southern platform. Often you will see people waiting there for a tram that will never come.

1NEEDS2POST wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:24 pm

EBG wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:05 pm

There was some problem with the points at the Botanic Garden stop today around 12.45 pm. Trams running east could not cross directly to south platform? 3 workers were working the problem.

They always use the northern platform. This doesn't make sense because trams drive on the left. People waiting to get on the tram often think it will be leaving from the southern platform. Often you will see people waiting there for a tram that will never come.