Clearest explanation of what's going on at Central which I have heard. My grandfather used to catch a steam tank engine pulling 'end platform' "Yankee" cars out to the end of the line at Bankstown in the 1920s. He must have used the 'Bankstown Yard' tracks. Makes sense.
Very well constructed video mate. Your changes are definitely achievable, and considering the south coast is about to be moved to Sydney terminal, there will only be more congestion incoming if the track layouts aren't improved. I've seen this happen a lot particularly when the Indian pacific runs, essentially 'blocking' platform 1 and forcing all intercity trains to use platform 3, with south coast line trains stuck in the tunnels. There are several stalemates like this that need to be addressed
Sounds like the full optimisation of the Sydney yard and higher utilisation of all tracks at Redfern station would be seen after the south west Metro is complete.
Sydney Trains doesn't really like high-speed crossovers which is a hurdle you would need to get past.....apparently their intial cost & lower reliability (by way of more mechanisms) is something the signal team won't accept........meanwhile the rest of the world is logically removing all uncessary slowing & re-accelerating of trains...
Great, clear video. Hello from London. Used to commute daily from the south coast in the 80s and 90s and have seen many interesting moves here over the years. The smoothest times for south coast trains was actually in the Olympics when they terminated and started from platforms 9 and 10 at Redfern. Very efficient and no low speed dives or walking pace in Sydney yard. 7 & 8 could be used for this post the swap to the local from Hurstville in 2025 along with 9 and 10 as a bonus? Could this free up Sydney Terminal even more? South Coast commuters generally are heading to the City Circle/ESR or North Sydney. Stopping SC trains at Sydenham (Metro/ESR) and terminating at Redfern (shorter change to City Circle / ESR than ST) would not inconvenience many and speed up things for most. Haven't been through there for a decade and a half so probably missing something. Thanks for the mentions of the diagrams, will look them up.
I would Love to see a decent development covering over the top of alot of the inner city rail corridors to be honest, there are much better uses for that land, I find Newtown is a particularly egregious one, Redfern would really be good as well though the obvious problem is the heritage buildings. Central could be so much better though
123,474 average train passenger moments a day plus trams plus busses seems a pretty decent land use at Central, certainly better then some motorways , Newtown carries an average of 16,042 daily passengers and it’s rail corridor is hardly wider the parramatta road.
@francesconicoletti2547 I dunno why you are quoting me passenger movements like I said we should "close the railways" or some nonsense. We have OSDs and over-corridor developments over probably a dozen of our stations and rail corridors already.
Clearest explanation of what's going on at Central which I have heard. My grandfather used to catch a steam tank engine pulling 'end platform' "Yankee" cars out to the end of the line at Bankstown in the 1920s. He must have used the 'Bankstown Yard' tracks. Makes sense.
Very well constructed video mate. Your changes are definitely achievable, and considering the south coast is about to be moved to Sydney terminal, there will only be more congestion incoming if the track layouts aren't improved. I've seen this happen a lot particularly when the Indian pacific runs, essentially 'blocking' platform 1 and forcing all intercity trains to use platform 3, with south coast line trains stuck in the tunnels. There are several stalemates like this that need to be addressed
Great video and explanation. Cheers!
Sounds like the full optimisation of the Sydney yard and higher utilisation of all tracks at Redfern station would be seen after the south west Metro is complete.
such a great explanation. thank you.
Sydney Trains doesn't really like high-speed crossovers which is a hurdle you would need to get past.....apparently their intial cost & lower reliability (by way of more mechanisms) is something the signal team won't accept........meanwhile the rest of the world is logically removing all uncessary slowing & re-accelerating of trains...
Great, clear video. Hello from London. Used to commute daily from the south coast in the 80s and 90s and have seen many interesting moves here over the years. The smoothest times for south coast trains was actually in the Olympics when they terminated and started from platforms 9 and 10 at Redfern. Very efficient and no low speed dives or walking pace in Sydney yard. 7 & 8 could be used for this post the swap to the local from Hurstville in 2025 along with 9 and 10 as a bonus? Could this free up Sydney Terminal even more? South Coast commuters generally are heading to the City Circle/ESR or North Sydney. Stopping SC trains at Sydenham (Metro/ESR) and terminating at Redfern (shorter change to City Circle / ESR than ST) would not inconvenience many and speed up things for most. Haven't been through there for a decade and a half so probably missing something. Thanks for the mentions of the diagrams, will look them up.
Yeah, I gotta stand at the front of the train to get the tunnel view soon
I love you thetrainguy4
this doesnt mean more services for the central coast newcastle line does it
Nope sadly :( bad for us
More for the south coast but ironically probably less for the central coast when they get pulled off the north shore next year
cool :)
I would Love to see a decent development covering over the top of alot of the inner city rail corridors to be honest, there are much better uses for that land, I find Newtown is a particularly egregious one, Redfern would really be good as well though the obvious problem is the heritage buildings. Central could be so much better though
123,474 average train passenger moments a day plus trams plus busses seems a pretty decent land use at Central, certainly better then some motorways , Newtown carries an average of 16,042 daily passengers and it’s rail corridor is hardly wider the parramatta road.
@francesconicoletti2547 I dunno why you are quoting me passenger movements like I said we should "close the railways" or some nonsense. We have OSDs and over-corridor developments over probably a dozen of our stations and rail corridors already.