Re: [TramsDownUnder] Parramatta light rail; who from the TDU community was aboard the first tram?

Hi Paul, 

The problem with the NSW schemes might be illustrated by the SA situation. 

At the 2018 election,  the incoming Liberal Government promised to evaluate a couple of tram extensions. 

It didn't see them as economically viable. So...we got no extensions.  

The major reason was cost. If they were using NSW costs per km, then I  perfectly understand why. SA simply doesn't have that sort of money. 

If, otoh they could have gotten costs down, we'd now have those extensions up and running.

It's quite depressing to know that we could have had more trams and tram routes in Adelaide by now, but poor design and construction techniques directly cause them to be abandoned. It appears that Adelaide Metro is now going for 'long buses' because trams are too expensive. 

Mark Skinner 

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024, 7:42 am pn1 via TramsDownUnder, <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/parramatta-light-rail-open-day-route-map-westmead-carlingford/104747540?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other 

Good to see the support from the general public. Similar to the recent opening of the Metro extension?

Tram enthusiasts are quick to condemn modern developments in Australia citing the dearth of traditional expertise but who would have thought, even a few years ago, that a new "isolated" tram/light rail system would open in metropolitan Sydney.

Paul in Melbourne (who wasn't born when the Enfield and Rockdale systems closed and who missed North Sydney – that closed when he was not quite eight years old!)

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