"There've been a few instances lately where it's stopped working for hours at a time." A few! Depends on your definition of "A few" I suppose.
"Cables that have aged quickly in the elements are to blame." So we didn't design the system to work in the real world eh?
Back in the day when I used to do Capex's I was taught that 25 years was a reasonable life expectancy for an electrical job probably longer if you did the job correctly.
I guess that I just cannot see the big picture but we electrical dinosaurs tend to suffer from that affliction.
Rumour has it that whilst those poles look spectacular they would not be able to hold overhead up, no surprise really.
Geoff O.
From: 'TP' via TramsDownUnder [mailto:tramsdo...@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2024 3:08 PM
To: TramsDownUnder
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] The facts are coming out
From the NSW Transport Minister today:
[quote]
Our light rails coast wire-free through the city because off underground power source that sits in the middle of the tracks.
It's beautiful and clutter-free, but there've been a few instances lately where it's stopped working for hours at a time.
Cables that have aged quickly in the elements are to blame, so this weekend we're taking them out and swapping them over while essential track work happens on the L2 + L3 light rail lines.
Trackwork is always inconvenient, fortunately there's plenty of tram-replacement-trains and tram-replacement metros to keep you travelling through the CBD this weekend, and regular buses to Randwick.
It's a big job, but these new cables should mean we have a more reliable light rail for years to come – so it's worth the time and investment.
[unquote]
Dunno about clutter-free. George Street and Circular Quay look like a pole forest. There are so many they might as well hang wires off them.
Tony P
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