Sydney Light Rail

[kevinlms]

Oh dear! How can they get it so wrong?

 

The trams are overcrowded, but the infrastructure won't allow them to run more trams - even if they had them!

 

There is a 2nd tram line in Sydney, but since the infrastructure & the trams themselves, are to differing standards including mere details, like width! So they cannot 'borrow' some from the other line!

 

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/why-trams-on-sydneys-booming-inner-west-light-rail-arent-running-more-often-20170817-gxyf4o.html

 

 

Just as bad as Brisbane, who have built a new suburban rail line, yet somehow, overlooked the fact that more drivers were required.

 

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-rail-trains-28-out-of-required-200-new-train-drivers-20170719-gxe42z.html

 

How can you possibly not know, that more drivers' will need training?

[rue_d_etropal]

In Finland they are building a new metro, should be open, was intended as non driver operated. Someone built the platforms wrong length, but instead of rebuilding the platforms, they are converting to driver operation, with all the extra work required, and delays to opening.

[Dava]

This is Sydney, NSW, not Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada? Just checking. Several air travelers have made the wrong flight....

 

Dava

[kevinlms]

This is Sydney, NSW, not Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada? Just checking. Several air travelers have made the wrong flight....

 

Dava

Indeed it is the more famous Australian one. I believe that a few people have ended up in Florida, when coming to Melbourne...

[RobClogs]

... There is a 2nd tram line in Sydney, but since the infrastructure & the trams themselves, are to differing standards including mere details, like width! So they cannot 'borrow' some from the other line!

 

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/why-trams-on-sydneys-booming-inner-west-light-rail-arent-running-more-often-20170817-gxyf4o.html

 

Which shows

(a) That the free market system isn't always right (otherwise the local government, the railway inspectorate and the contractor would have made sure they were building the second line to compatible standards);

(b) That the average railway modeller could have seen this coming (a Märklin and a Roco train cannot run on the same tracks);

(c ) That the public representatives (which I'm sure exist in Australia) should have listened to the self-appointed, well-informed, impartial, committed citizens who are actually knowledgeable about rail systems - many of whom are on this forum;

(d) That the free market system isn't always right (I know I just said that), otherwise the company building the system would have said, Hey, are these specifications, which differ from the other ones, in the (paying!) public's interest? Instead, they built it with their eyes focused on their wallets.

 

In all, time for a public enquiry, after which heads must roll, into the question 'What went wrong here?'

Edited September 13, 2017 by RobClogs