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Really looking forward to the City Metro extension opening. I live near Wollongong and at the moment it can take anywhere up to three hours to get to Chatswood via bus and train. Once the extension opens it'll only take two hours.
Issue - no pedestrian underpasses at Crows Nest. I live in one of the tall apartment buildings on the south side of the Pacific Hwy at St Leonards opposite The Forum. Those 5 or 6 tall buildings around Nicholson and Christie Streets hold about 4,000 people. Their only driving exit is via Oxley Street, which of course is the same intersection that the Crows Nest metro station is on. It's also the same intersection that many of those people would use to access the metro on foot. So, given this situation, it boggles the mind that there is no pedestrian underpass. Pedestrians will need to cross both Oxley Street and the Pacific Hwy using the traffic light pedestrian crossings. I know of no metros overseas where there are not multiple pedestrian entrances either side of a busy road. There should be three pedestrian entrances/underpasses at the Oxley St/Pacific Hwy intersection: north west of Oxley St, south west and south east. I note that a similar situation exists for Victoria Cross where there are no pedestrian entrances on the west side of Miller Street despite there being many potential customers needing access from the many apartment buildings on that side. Cheers, Hugh
I asked staff at the Crows Nest open day about that very question, and I've seen some informed commenters chime in as well. In essence, the project was willing to do it and saw value in creating a pedestrian underpass, but the building owners on the other side just weren't interested. And that was important because the project would have needed somewhere on the other side, on privately owned land, for the underpass to emerge. I did ponder the inevitable next question: "Why didn't they just resume the land on the other side?" I haven't seen an official answer, but I suspect that the business case just wasn't there to go to the massive expense of buying a developed block as a compulsory acquisition, solely to add a surface link.
I suspect when the block directly opposite gets redeveloped an underpass will be added, as a negotiation with council for extra height.. there is an obvious spot it could likely enter. Indeed the block diagonally opposite had previously tried that approach with the council.
@@mark123655 thanks Mark, I hope so! And I hope that there is provision within the metro station for such pedestrian connections. At the moment it's a bit like building a freeway with very few ways to get on or off it.
Seems now that the NW Metro is completely isolated from Sydney trains, an upgrade to 25 kv AC would be quite doable. They could have easily planned for this before the line was built and trains ordered... Also dual-voltage trains could be used in a future link-up with the Western Airport Line.
I believe using 25kv AC was considered at the time. And dual-voltage trains could also be used for the Western Airport Line, although different train lengths and loading gauge means that a change of trains would be necessary at either Schofields or Tallawong.
They should look at extending the Tallawong line to link with the Richmond Line. Tallawong station is a nightmare, both finding a parking spot and the quagmire of getting in and out. Really bad design
Hi Andy, sounds like they could do with some multi-storey parking at Tallawong. An extension to Schofields has been incorporated into the Tallawong track layout, but this has not been given the go-ahead as yet.
Hi Paul 👋 I really enjoyed this Metro update and I am actually looking forward to the opening so I can visit all the stations. Great presentation, well done Paul 👏 👍
Good video Paul but there is one question that I want to ask how will the escalators go faster because I thought it would be good for the metros when they come the escalators will go fast
Sydney metro was suppose to be opened by now, is there any news on what happened to the person who got an electric shock and what are the details, are they still going through the rail safety?
This RU-vidr obviously is bought by the government so his not gonna address any controversial issues like why everything is delayed and the opening of the line is not happening this month
From Wynyard station, which station is closer Barangaroo or Martin place? There is signage with the M logo leading to Barangaroo station via the tunnel at Wynyard
On the extension of M1 to 8 car lemgths, agree with Pail that they would improve frequency first. If you look at the Bankstown line sections a lot of work would be required - they basically havent done any of prep work or resurfacing at platform ends
Transformative they will be. This is the reason why the unions are so against it. Once it goes through the city people's expectations will increase. I dare say there will never be an extension of the train network in metropolitan Sydney ever...end of the road for trains except for intercity stations
Another very informative and enjoyable video, Paul! The station I'm most looking forward to using is Martin Place. I did go to the open day and it frankly blew me away. It's palatial in scale, and the engineering to thread it the other city buildings *and* make a very clever connection to the existing Martin Place platforms is outstanding. Combined with that, the over-station developments are the most advanced on the line and already look extremely impressive.
I assume you mean USB charging ports? IT security for beginners, never plug your devices to any ports that you won't know what the other side maybe. Although you could plug in your portable battery and charge that and then use said battery to charge phone
@@TomHommus I am aware of that, maybe that RU-vid video that mentioned charging ports on the Metros was AI generated. I can't imagine where they would put them in the carriages. There are USB charging ports on coaches so I wonder if it was actually considered on the Metros.
There are charging points in the front and back cars, close to the console where the controls are to drive the train manually. I’ve never tried to use them, so they may be for a different purpose than charging. They are USB A. I’ll give them a try next time I’m on the metro with the right charging cable!
@@TransportVlog which is the USB A type ? Is that the normal or micro? not USB C that's for sure. Good to know just in case I am desperate to use it. On second thoughts - no don't touch it may bring down the whole Metro system!
Every man and his dog is making RU-vid videos on the Metro. The open day at Crows Nest Station did not look anything like that on the Pacific Highway side- it was "rubble".
Yes they are now, but I was the first to do regular update videos which now go back to late 2020! The “rubble” was work to upgrade the pavement alongsde the station, including adding vehicle barriers.
Yes 25kv AC is the modern standard and requires less substations and maintenance. Just taking a Google and the benefits are as follows. Less substations and easier substation designs Overhead wiring and equipment are more easily built and maintained. The higher voltage reduces current which means lighter overhead wires Less power losses due to higher voltage Less power demand than compared to DC when accelerating Higher coffecient of adhesion I'll have to google this because I'm not too sure what that means. But all in all the systems will never share track and be fully segregated. So might as well use the latest technology. 25kv AC is used in the two brand new lines. Whereas the current metro uses 1500v DC for legacy reasons All in all the metro conversion should have converted the voltage too but they decided to prioritise less capex for more opex The reason why newer railway design never share tracks is evident. The shared track design is why the entire train network goes down when there is a single incident anywhere.
It's modern and cheaper.. with some hindsight they might have converted Chatswood to Epping as well. I understand it was considered and wasn't that much more $s. But either way you couldn't extend M1 to the Airport as the Airport West Metro trains and stations are also shorter and have a higher top speed.
