Trams can also have right of way. For example Dulwich Hill line is a tram the entire section.

However it would prove a conundrum for tfnsw, the T sign is already taken by trains.

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That’s the current stopping pattern for blue mountains trains. The suburbans have an extra stop at Redfern.

The fastest currently is 25 mins. Over 23km. That’s less than 60km/h average. I mean they can cut out Strathfield but after that you’re literally a direct service from Central to Parramatta with no stops in between. And it will be 23 mins at best, whilst cutting out a major interchange.

Realistically the only way you could get it to 20 mins on the current train network is if you use single deckers with at least 3 doors on that route. That would reduce the dwell time and the trains will have better acceleration and deceleration.

But it is at capacity now. There’s no way you’d be able to replace that route with single deckers, it’s practically at full capacity of 20 trains per hour.

The metro serves more stops and will get there quicker. North west has higher average speed than any suburban line whilst serving more stations.

The last thing we need is for stations to be skipped like they do currently. That’s how we get lopsided development. Everyone wants to live where the trains stop and then areas where the trains skip gets neglected.

I think the purpose of it is to provide a 20 min travel time between Parramatta and Sydney which isn’t possible if there are too many stations.

But regardless with 7 stations it’ll still be alot faster than the current 2 station express. Newington might be a good location for a stop which can work if they give the area a R4 zoning and allow 100 metre buildings like they do in the area around it like Olympic Park. If there’s no uplift in density then a newer station isn’t really worth it imo.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Alex Classens telling him what to do (for the cancellation)

Between 1-2 years off in an 6+ year project. So I would say 75-80 percent done. Major works have been going on for quite some time, in fact there was a major weekday shutdown just a week and a bit ago.

Metro West major work has started TBMs in and digging already. Problem is housing density has already started to go in in anticipation, and it’s sorely needed anyway.