I should point out, the (large!) image you've used as example is the exception, not the rule - only a few routes run on roads which are wide enough for 2 traffic lanes in each direction (1 of them generally used for parking) and 2 separated tram tracks. here's another large image which is...

On the surface of it, yeah, but in practice: not really - all vehicles (motorised or otherwise) are required to come to a stop either behind the tram vehicle or where it is marked on road to allow for pedestrians to move to/from side of the road to the tram when the tram is stopped. Rule of...

You'll get there - I'm fairly certain things will change for you, especially because we've turned everything on its head post-pandemic (or more to the point: once the really bad public health risk has died down). If you want a giant (rail-focused) infrastructure laggard to point a finger at...

All states except Liberal-governed New South Wales have been incredibly quick to lock-up-shop each time an outbreak happens in another state (except for two that just happened in past 48 hours in Brisbane and Sydney - hotel quarantine-related, one of them had had their first dose of the pfizer...

People are putting too much emphasis on the negatives of crushing people into DDs, the load/dwell times etc (Im not saying that there are no issues, but it's just overblown). I just did a quick comparison of the Lakeshore West line (from Union to Aldershot - that's where electrification is...

Sydney trains are either 4-car sets near-permanently arranged in pairs or straight-up 8-car trains outright. There's no old-school folksy chopping and changing marshaling of off-peak/peak services in Sydney (this might happen with regional New South Wales services like it does in Victoria - but...

Here's one: EMUs without batteries (or more to the point: EMUs where they're not/won't be drawing on an onboard energy source for a significant amount of time - EMUs in general already all have batteries on board [for other purposes]) are/will be lighter and therefore there will be, over time...

3 minute frequencies are what our current network can handle in peak here in Melbourne and there's nothing really special about it. Much of the base tech in use had a step change when the city loop was opened in late 70s/early 80s (there's been changes since but that was the last major...

"solely radial regional trains" and "cross town trams" in both cases is false - there is a distinction between regional and metropolitan train services and the entirely separate tram network here - you conflated them, I just pointed that out. The "initial" segment of the first Sydney Metro Line...

The tram loop in the inner-city is literally a tourist service. All tram routes except two are radial/end up on one of the CBD's main streets - there is very little inner-city crosstown connectivity with the tram network at present. All train services except for 1-2 lines, currently, loop...

This is an interesting approach - far too much legalese and way open for interpretation. During our second wave lockdown, the construction sector was deemed essential, however, sites in the burbs (i.e building a house) could only have a max of 5 people at any one time and you couldn't have...

Haggis is just a meat pie without the gravy (and pastry) :) note: when I say meat pie, I mean this: https://fourntwenty.com.au/

I just looked at some videos of the underground sections - it appears there's about 10 or so metres of platform at the start of each station and looking at the ends of the existing rolling stock sets there's ~3m from the front of the vehicle to the nearest door - I'd suggest minor platform...

That's a tram/streetcar/light rail vehicle that'll probably wibble-wobble sideways at higher speeds/around bends... exactly what you don't want from a ride quality POV. Real-world look/feel of the Alstom Metropolis platform (Sydney Metro Northwest - Tallawong to Chatswood) - the first 15...

From the way the contracts are set up (sliced and diced north and south, civils versus ops), the players involved - Plenary is a very familiar name (they're involved with our next gen fleet of trains that will operate on the Melb metro tunnel, Sydney Metro fleet (pic already shown in this...

Yep - I understand where you were going but I just wanted to make it clear that the fundamentals haven't changed (unlike a change to ICTS etc). By the way, as I pointed out, they don't use AC power on the existing network (only Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia use AC - where...

To be clear, Sydney metro - and the tech they're using - really isn't all that new. They're still using 1500v DC overhead, standard gauge track (1435mm) - which are both characteristics of the existing network - the primary difference is the operations/control systems, automated/driverless...

40m is a bit oddball. Here for the SRL there'll likely be 4 car trains (so at a guess 80-100m) and the two new Sydney Metro lines proposed are at least 4, some maybe 6 car.

I'd argue $10 bil looks cheap. I had to rejig a few things in my brain (i.e get my head around the tiny 40m stations), but the volume of them, regardless of whether they're elevated, on the surface or underground, will be a few billion out of the gates. ~5km tunnel will probably be $80-100m/km...

Isn't it single track with loops for much of its length? (i.e capacity becomes an issue). In saying that (and my previous post), based on what's been said about our recently double-announced (dont ask) Melbourne airport rail link, we should all not focus too much on CBD/downtown - airport...