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Sydney Light Rail

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Sydney Light Rail Tramways for the 21st Century

Modern Tramways like all forms of technology has advanced and is a far cry from the days of what were supposedly slow and cumbersome means of Transportation that were abandoned in favour of a pneumatic, oil filled bus.

As with heavy Railway Lines throughout New South Wales and the rest of Australia Government’s are loathe to Upgrade, Expand, Electrify, Duplicate these vital pieces of infrastructure so that Regional Towns and Cities can be linked and in many cases brought back to life.

Railway corridors allow for Water Pipelines and Broadband Cables to be provided at a price many Billions of Dollars cheaper to meet the needs and challenges that Australia faces over the next 50 years.

The New South Wales Government is quite happy to have Buses built lock, stock and barrel in Sydney and New South Wales but when it comes to Railway Rolling Stock it is a different matter. Currently Railway and Tramway Rolling Stock is simply imported into Australia and assembled in New South Wales.

All Railway and Tramway Rolling Stock should be built lock, stock and barrel in New South Wales and in other States or Territories of Australia.

Pedestrian Safety

Modern raised island Tram Platforms should be introduced in any Light Rail route.

Kingsford, Randwick and George Street Sydney Light Rail Lines are not depicted on these maps of in this website. However KIngsford, Randwick and George Street Light Rail Lines would connect up to my Sydney CBD City Circle Light Rail Line at:

  • George Street/Alfred Street intersection
  • Hay Street/Elizabeth Street intersection
  • Elizabeth Street/Eddy Avenue intersection

Regarding Parramatta Light Rail I oppose the use of the Carlingford Railway corridor for use as a Light Rail Line.

My Parramatta Light Rail has 8 routes that incorporates some features from the Parramatta Light Rail Line as announced by the State Government and will appear in this website soon.

My Newcastle Light Rail map would have retained the Heavy Rail Line. Newcastle Light Rail Line as announced by the State Government is underwhelming.

When a High Speed Rail at 500 Km/h (Japan’s Bullet Train) service commences going to Brisbane the Railway Line would be rebuilt. This considering that rail patronage will increase. Going underground from Hamilton Junction the line would emerge at grade level to enter Newcastle Railway Station.

Grade of this line would be no steeper than the Epping-Chatswood Line in Sydney. Given the earthquake belt that Newcastle sits on this line would be constructed with a mixture of rubber and concrete as the practice in Japan where many tall office buildings in Japan also sits on earthquake belts.

However I would connect the Parramatta Light Rail to Sydney Light Rail so the same overhead wiring system should be used that is also the same as that to Dulwich Hill, Kingsford and Randwick.

Sydney and South East Line under construction my extensive EIS submission outlines the same position on Tram Stops.

Heavy Railways for Trains should be the single network for Sydney and New South Wales. Even Capital City-Capital City High Speed Rail at 500 Km/h (Japan’s Bullet Train) uses overhead wiring and reinforced heavy rail tracks.

When Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart had extensive tramways, traffic had to stop when a Tran Car stopped.

This rule still applies in Melbourne which has the world’s largest operating Tramway Network.

Melbourne CBD Tram Stops have raised platforms and digital NEXT TIME TRAM information as well as overhead wiring.

However a modern deviation from that rule would have Raised Platform Tram Stops with Pedestrian Crossing markings or Signalised Traffic Pedestrian Crossings at the end of the Platform of the Tram Stop.

Signalised Traffic Pedestrian Crossings would apply depending on how wide the road was.

  • Pedestrian Crossing markings for a road of 2 lanes in each direction.
  • Signalised Traffic Pedestrian Crossings for a road of 3 or more lanes in each direction.
In this way the old rule of traffic having to stop when a Tram stopped would not apply.

Community Benefits and Concerns

• Provide a fast user friendly environmentally responsible mode of transport for the 21st Century.

• The existing Tramway Depot/Maintenance Centre would be appropriate to be utilised for the Sydney-City Circle-Dulwich Hill System.

• The Barangaroo Stops services the new Barangaroo Development that incorporates the relocated Car Parking from Platforms 1 & 2 in Wynyard Railway Station.

• The operator of the existing Light Rail Line could apply through a Public Tender Process to operate the entire network given the way in which the Light Rail Line now successfully moves people.

• Tracks will be dual operation set in mass concrete.

• Raised Super Stops as the case at Flinders/Swanston Street Melbourne Stop will be laid out with tram tracks on either side of the platform.

• Raised Super Stops allows mothers with strollers, the elderly and disabled to use the new trams easily with low floor entry.

• The workings of the tramcars are set in the roof of the vehicle.

• Road Rules will not require alteration or a return to the days when all traffic had to stop when a tram stopped. This is largely because the platforms will be island formation and makes for a faster movement of passengers when alighting or disembarking.

• Traffic signalling will have T signals as per the case in Sydney where the Tram line crosses George Street and Darling Drive.

• Island platforms are a safer means for passengers alighting and disembarking instead of boarding from the street curb.

• There will not be a need to install Central Tram Fairways down the middle of Streets given the modern island nature of the Raised Super Stop.

• The need for Bus Lanes in Elizabeth Street or any other Street stops people from parking legally to go to the shops.

• The Sydney-City Circle-Dulwich Hill System has potential to be extended however this should not be at the expense of Heavy Rail expansion.

• Tramway Junctions will be operated by the driver and not require Conductors to get out of the tram and flick the points with a metal pole.

Melbourne currently has four Tram/Train Crossings* these being at:

• Glenhuntly Road Glenhuntly

• Glenferrie Road Kooyong

• Riversdale Road Camberwell

• Burke Road Gardiner Still in use – note tramway closed during construction of SE Arterial (now Monash Freeway) Burke Road overbridge.

*Courtesy Hawthorn Tram Depot Website.

Financing of the construction of the Sydney Tramway system will come from a variety of sources cheapest cialis online similar to the funding formula for the long overdue expansion requirements of the New South Wales Railways.

• Commonwealth Funding Assistance

• State Government Funding Assistance

• Private Consortium Involvement and Possible Operation

• Raised Super Stops to include advertising

• Railway/Tramway Bonds guaranteed by the NSW Treasury

• Railway/Tramway Lottery administered by the NSW Government

• Tramway Trust Fund administered by the NSW Department of Transport

The operation of the tramway system and contracts for the advertising at Raised Super Stops will be open to public tender.

Melbourne’s Tramway operations were funded and managed by various local councils such as:

• Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust

• Hawthorn Tramways Trust

• Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust

• Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramways Trust

• Footscray Tramway Trust

• Northcote Municipality Cable Tramways

This situation ceased to exist when the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was formed following the passing of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1918 through the Victoria Parliament. By 1920 most of the Tramway Trusts were transferred to the MMTB.

Given that tramways overlap council boundaries easily it is the NSW Department of Transport who is best placed to administer the Tramways Trust Fund in consultation with the NSW Treasury.

The NSW Fahey Liberal/National Government commenced construction of Sydney’s current Light Rail line. NSW Premier Bob Carr opened the Central-Wentworth Park Line in 1997 and the extension to Lilyfield was completed in 2000.

The Sydney Tramways would have 3 different routes operating in each direction and numbered for ease of patronage. Each route will have a line colour associated for ease of use and each of the Raised Super Stops will be numbered with signage that will also indicate the cross-street at which the stop is nearest to. Next Tram Time running will be indicated electronically on signage at each stop as is the case in Melbourne.

The full list of Routes with Stop Numbers can be found on www.isput.com.au. The maps are easily downloaded in PDF version.

Route 1 will commence from Central and is as follows:

Route 1-Blue

Route 1- Services Central through to the new terminus at Dulwich Hill via Sussex Street Junction.

Sydney CBD Light Rail Route No. 1

 Stop Name                                   Stop No.

Central                                                1

Capitol Square                                    2

SUSSEX STREET JUNCTION     0

Paddy’s Markets                                 3

Exhibition Centre                                4

Convention                                         5

Pyrmont Bay                                       6

Star City                                              7

John Street Square                              8

Fish Market                                         9

Wentworth Park                                  10

Glebe                                                   11

Jubilee Park                                         12

Rozelle                                                13

Lilyfield                                              14

Leichhardt North                                15

Hawthorne                                          16

Marion                                                 17

Taverners Hill                                    18

Lewisham West                                  19

Waratah Mills                                      20

Arlington                                             21

Dulwich Grove                                   22

Dulwich Hill Interchange                   23

 

Costs Of Construction:

The cost of construction including Tram Tracks, Overhead Wiring, Light Rail Stops and restoration of roadway to that before construction commenced is $1 Million per kilometre, according to sources from the Sydney Tramway Museum.

Route Colour Coding:

Route Colour Coding allows passengers easy identification with services and particular routes.

Route Colour Coding will be visible on Tram Car Vehicle destination signage, Light Rail Stop signage and promotional information.

 

Route 2 will commence from Central and is as follows:

Route 2-Yellow

Route 2- Services China Town, Barangaroo Development via Sussex Street Junction and Sussex Street while extending to Circular Quay, Phillip Street and Elizabeth Street and joining with the existing line at Hay Street Junction.

Sydney CBD Light Rail Route No. 2

 Stop Name                                  Stop No.

Central                                                1

Capitol Square                                    2

SUSSEX STREET JUNCTION     0

Little Hay Street                                 3

China Town                                        4

Liverpool Street                                  5

Bathurst Street                                    6

Druitt Street                                        7

Market Street                                      8

King Street West                                9

Erskine Street                                      10

Napoleon Street                                  11

Barangaroo South                               12

Barangaroo Central                             13

Barangaroo North                               14

Argyle Street                                       15

Hickson Road West                            16

Hickson Road East                             17

The Rocks                                           18

Alfred Street West                              19

Alfred Street East                               20

Bridge Street                                       21

Chifley Square                                    22

King Street East                                  23

Hyde Park North                                24

Hyde Park Central                              25

Hyde Park South                                26

Goulburn Street                                  27

Campbell Street                                  28

HAY STREET JUNCTION            0

Central                                                29

 

Costs Of Construction:

The cost of construction including Tram Tracks, Overhead Wiring, Light Rail Stops and restoration of roadway to that before construction commenced is $1 Million per kilometre, according to sources from the Sydney Tramway Museum.

Route Colour Coding:

Route Colour Coding allows passengers easy identification with services and particular routes.

Route Colour Coding will be visible on Tram Car Vehicle destination signage, Light Rail Stop signage and promotional information.

 

Route 3 will commence from Central and is as follows:

Route 3-Green

Route 3- Service Central, Hyde Park via Hay Street Junction in reverse direction to Route 2. Upon reaching Sussex Street Junction the Route continues to Dulwich Hill.

Sydney CBD Light Rail Route No. 3

 Stop Name                                    Stop No.

Central                                                1

HAY STREET JUNCTION         0

Campbell Street                                  2

Goulburn Street                                  3

Hyde Park South                                4

Hyde Park Central                              5

Hyde Park North                                6

King Street East                                  7

Chifley Square                                    8

Bridge Street                                       9

Alfred Street East                               10

Alfred Street West                              11

The Rocks                                           12

Hickson Road East                             13

Hickson Road West                            14

Argyle Street                                       15

Barangaroo North                               16

Barangaroo Central                             17

Barangaroo South                               18

Napoleon Street                                  19

Erskine Street                                      20

King Street West                                21

Market Street                                      22

Druitt Street                                        23

Bathurst Street                                    24

Liverpool Street                                  25

China Town                                        26

Little Hay Street                                 27

SUSSEX STREET JUNCTION     0

Paddy’s Markets                                 28

Exhibition Centre                                29

Convention                                         30

Pyrmont Bay                                       31

Star City                                              32

John Street Square                              33

Fish Market                                         34

Wentworth Park                                  35

Glebe                                                   36

Jubilee Park                                         37

Rozelle                                                38

Lilyfield                                              39

Leichhardt North                                40

Hawthorne                                          41

Marion                                                 42

Taverners Hill                                   43

Lewisham West                                  44

Waratah Mills                                      45

Arlington                                             46

Dulwich Grove                                   47

Dulwich Hill Interchange                   48

 

Costs Of Construction:

The cost of construction including Tram Tracks, Overhead Wiring, Light Rail Stops and restoration of roadway to that before construction commenced is $1 Million per kilometre, according to sources from the Sydney Tramway Museum.

Route Colour Coding:

Route Colour Coding allows passengers easy identification with services and particular routes.

Route Colour Coding will be visible on Tram Car Vehicle destination signage, Light Rail Stop signage and promotional information.

 

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