Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown

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I like that they intend to use the weird lettering that the heritage platform signs use.
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Wasn't there already a new entrance to Chalmers/Devonshire St only 5-10 years ago?
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This is on the other side of Chalmers St, next to the Dental Hospital, and will connect to the new Central Walk
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Flashy entrance. Ordinary people.
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Well we're in the era of make all public transport spaces resemble airports era so I'm not surprised it flashy.

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rogf24 wrote:Well we're in the era of make all public transport spaces resemble airports era so I'm not surprised it flashy.

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They're making trains like airplanes too -which will unfortunately serve Jetstar like passengers and worse.
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With the first full six months of metro patronage now available, it looks like, at the same rate, annual patronage will be around 24 to 25 million.

https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/data-a ... comparison
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Also noted that a new timetabled was uploaded 2 December 2019.
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I noticed that the public holiday timetable is basically the weekday one (including 4 minutes in peaks), it just finishes an hour earlier.

They still haven't resolved the grievance of the 10 minute headways starting at 0830.
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Change of tack for metro station development on Sydney's north shore

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cha ... 53dw2.html
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Normally I take property puff pieces with a pinch of salt but this one has some figures. It's notable that the suburbs Chatswood to Epping already had a rail service but demand has grown nonetheless.

https://www.domain.com.au/news/sydneys- ... ne-920405/
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Fleet Lists wrote:New timetable 5/1/2020. https://transportnsw.info/documents/tim ... 200105.pdf
Interesting that the public holiday timetable is the same as the weekday one, in that public holidays get the peak period 4 minute frequency, but both Saturday & Sunday don't.
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Geo101 wrote:
Fleet Lists wrote:New timetable 5/1/2020. https://transportnsw.info/documents/tim ... 200105.pdf
Interesting that the public holiday timetable is the same as the weekday one, in that public holidays get the peak period 4 minute frequency, but both Saturday & Sunday don't.
Are there any large universities nearby? Most, if not all, do not recognise state public holidays, which would make a service similar to the peak desirable on such days.
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Macquarie University has a station on the Metro.
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^It was my immediate gut instinct when I took my first ride on the metro to Castle Hill that this sort of thing would occur. I never expected Cherrybrook to be included though!
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The kids from Mt Druitt must have run out of "victims" along the T1.
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They better not build the connection to Schofields then or it will be even easier for them!
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^ it'll be all over then, unless they have police officers with teeth on the services all day and night and we know the NSW track record on policing the trains.
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On behalf of The Real World, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome residents of the Hills District to Real Sydney and the 21st century.
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ed24 wrote:They better not build the connection to Schofields then or it will be even easier for them!
Finally we know the real reason why it stopped short!
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1whoknows wrote:On behalf of The Real World, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome residents of the Hills District to Real Sydney and the 21st century.
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tonyp wrote:
ed24 wrote:They better not build the connection to Schofields then or it will be even easier for them!
Finally we know the real reason why it stopped short!
How do they do that when Schofields is only a 2 platform station and next to no room to build anymore platforms if they take a platform away from the heavy rail double deck network then they would have to ether cut the Cumberland line back to Blacktown or make Richmond the full time T5 terminus
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The metro will cross the Richmond line at 90 degrees on its way to Marsden Park. It will be either above or below with a separate but linked station.
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