The first time I was in Sydney there still were trams, 1956. Haven't been there for many years, there were only buses.. What a remarkable change to George Street without the motor traffic! When its trees grow it will be even better. Thanks for this, it was enlightening.
I have taken the L2 to Randwick frequently to take a ride out of Sydney CBD. Usually i would eat lunch in Randwick and do a bit of grocery shopping. I always enjoy the beautiful landscaping around Royal Randwick and Anzac Parade, with the bushes all trimmed around the tracks and platforms. I may get a few snickers over this comment, but i think Aussies have a big sense of appropriateness, pride and respect with their projects. They are always impressive and never just thrown together.—a role model to the world, which is evident every day.
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Dum Dums On George Street!
This new thriller will showcase everything from a driver forgetting a tram was coming nearly delaying a tram because he stopped on the rails, pedestrians who can only look at their phones for some reason because their eyes can't look at surroundings and much more.
Besides that it's truly great to see that the trams have become a lot faster and they finally run on time. Great video. 👍👍
Very well done video I am from Toronto and your city seems to be way ahead of us even though we have 11 lines only 2 are on their own right of way. Once again great video
I still question if the visual benefit of underground power in the downtown section was worth the added expense and complexity of the dual-powered trams. The overhead lines leading up to it don't seem that unsightly, and they have light poles all along the way anyhow. At several of the traffic lights the trams don't get much priority!
I can't believe when the tram travels through the Moore Park Tunnel It's 30kmh then 40, 30,20 then 10. All in the space of a couple of hundred metres. It's so over engineered and micro managed. Once you go out past Moore Park it should all just be open ballasted track, 60kmh at drivers discretion and common sense. The are are some intersections out there that only a committee could come up with. If you have seen the new tram bridge over James Ruse Drive at Parramatta, it's like they are building a freeway over the road with these huge, long access ramps on both side. This is what happens when you let construction companies decide how to build things. Canberra and Sydney built new tram lines at the same time from the ground up. Canberra nailed it and Sydney did what it always does.