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I’m very curious on how they would electrify the section that goes through Royal Adelaide Golf Club. This would be a nightmare for so many reasons.SRW wrote:Commit to electrifying Outer Harbor now. We should also be aiming to convert the bus fleet to fully electric by 2030 - aside our emissions reduction goals, just imagine how much more pleasant city streets will be without noisy and noxious diesel buses.
Agreed about electrifying the OH and Grange lines. I do wonder if it is still possible (somehow) to do the Belair line with upgrades to the tunnels.cmet wrote:I’m very curious on how they would electrify the section that goes through Royal Adelaide Golf Club. This would be a nightmare for so many reasons.SRW wrote:Commit to electrifying Outer Harbor now. We should also be aiming to convert the bus fleet to fully electric by 2030 - aside our emissions reduction goals, just imagine how much more pleasant city streets will be without noisy and noxious diesel buses.
The issue with the ARTC line in Adelaide is the significant barrier it presents to accessing and upgrading metropolitan services. Adelaide and beyond really need a grade separation program like Melbourne, which can remove this barrier in many places and open new opportunities (such as Spains Road/Frost Road at Chidda).Spotto wrote:Please re-read the very first point I made in my response:1NEEDS2POST wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:53 pmBelair can be double track with standardisation and interstate trains could use ARS. It gives Adelaide Metro more options when buying rolling stock.
Take Sydney, ARTC runs an exclusive freight corridor parallel to several sections of the Sydney Trains passenger network. All lines in Sydney are SG, but wherever there's separate tracks the trains don't mix, ARTC stick to their own tracks. I'm willing to bet that even if standardisation were to happen in Adelaide, the tracks would remain separate and the Belair Line and ARTC line would remain single track. Keeping the lines fully separate is much easier than arranging AdMet and ARTC to cooperate in scheduling services.Currently, AdMet and ARTC own their own tracks and can run whatever services at whatever frequencies they want without having to worry about mixing trains. A freight breakdown isn't going to halt passenger services, and vice versa. Even if the AdMet network was standardised, freight and passenger trains on the Belair and Gawler Lines would continue to run on their own tracks.
The members can have a whiparound and pay for a tunnel, such a show of good community spirit will save them a bunch of annual lobbying money they spend trying to get the line closed, and I bet the government could even be convinced to pay for a Seaton Park trench station and a trench out the southern end under Frederick out of good will.cmet wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:02 amI’m very curious on how they would electrify the section that goes through Royal Adelaide Golf Club. This would be a nightmare for so many reasons.SRW wrote:Commit to electrifying Outer Harbor now. We should also be aiming to convert the bus fleet to fully electric by 2030 - aside our emissions reduction goals, just imagine how much more pleasant city streets will be without noisy and noxious diesel buses.
How about, buy the golf course and turn it into a TOD..NTRabbit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:38 amThe members can have a whiparound and pay for a tunnel, such a show of good community spirit will save them a bunch of annual lobbying money they spend trying to get the line closed, and I bet the government could even be convinced to pay for a Seaton Park trench station and a trench out the southern end under Frederick out of good will.cmet wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:02 amI’m very curious on how they would electrify the section that goes through Royal Adelaide Golf Club. This would be a nightmare for so many reasons.SRW wrote:Commit to electrifying Outer Harbor now. We should also be aiming to convert the bus fleet to fully electric by 2030 - aside our emissions reduction goals, just imagine how much more pleasant city streets will be without noisy and noxious diesel buses.
Yes, they are. And yes, they are.1NEEDS2POST wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:14 pmAre the closures due to work in Adelaide Yard? If so, they should electrify that part of Outer Harbor so they don't have to shut the whole thing down again when they electrify Outer Harbor. I'm not betting on it...
The area surrounding Seaton Park station has strong potential for a walkable TOD precinct.Goodsy wrote:How about, buy the golf course and turn it into a TOD..NTRabbit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:38 amThe members can have a whiparound and pay for a tunnel, such a show of good community spirit will save them a bunch of annual lobbying money they spend trying to get the line closed, and I bet the government could even be convinced to pay for a Seaton Park trench station and a trench out the southern end under Frederick out of good will.
Is Golf really that popular that it needs to take up as much space as it does
No question that these trains are a massive step up from the diesels that used to run on the Gawler line, but it's quite entertaining to watch them describe the "features" on these trains... "Infared cameras to prevent graffiti", nope they're there for the driver to monitor the platforms. "These ones are also red and blue", wow!I Follow PAFC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:21 pmEXCLUSIVE: A dozen brand new electric trains set to be rolled out across the network have begun to arrive in Adelaide.
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Looks like they’ve just temporarily coupled two driving cars together for sake of the press event, the DPTI website says that the completed trains will be three cars long: