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

STM has released a timely archival video from the first generation Parramatta tranways to commemorate the opening of the second generation system (or third generation if you want to split hairs about the Parramatta Park museum tramway). There's a faux pas in the caption that says the tram is running along Church Street. The Redbank service never ran along Church Street. I wondered then if it might be a film of the government tram to Castle Hill, but the cars appear to be in Sydney Ferries colours

https://www.facebook.com/SydneyTramwayMuseum/videos/849916167098712/

"Cab video" from Westmead to Carlingford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHydj1m8N1U

Tony P

On Friday, 20 December 2024 at 16:22:35 UTC+11 Mark Skinner wrote:

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, <tramsdo...@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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