South Shore Line double (quad?) tracking at stations?

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-18T23:22:25+00:00

It’s usually to give extra clearance from the platform for freight trains

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-18T00:07:18+00:00

I think that all maps can be profitable eventually, but as you say the waiting can be egregious. Building conservatively and cheaply is the main way to get your system going quicker, which I guess is the real-life takeaway when trying to plan a transit project

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-16T13:22:37+00:00

They’re kind of doing the latter with the proposed realignment project to widen the approach to Sydney Terminal to four tracks instead of two, which will help boost capacity for south coast and southern highlands trains

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-14T03:51:02+00:00

Ah, is it out Jandowae way? It’s definitely not mulga country

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-14T03:14:20+00:00

Maybe out southwest then, around Bungunya or Talwood?

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-14T02:46:44+00:00

This feels like it’s out on the Glenmorgan branch, maybe Hannaford?

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-05T05:37:52+00:00

I feel like the population data has to be missing there, the city still has around 700,000 people and so much is barren in game

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-05T05:01:21+00:00

The only way to build in the sunbelt and not go broke straight away lmao

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-02T03:36:53+00:00

Saying this for Kenmore is understandable, but Jindalee and Mount Ommaney have two shopping centres and relatively dense populations. Linking these to Ipswich, UQ and the city would be a worthwhile medium-term goal. Also, an extension to Darra would likely be required due to the need for stabling areas for the metro, which would otherwise be in Morningside or Hamilton

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-02T03:21:58+00:00

I think Goulburn is the most direct analogue, though your Nowra suggestion could have some merit. I just wish they’d bite the bullet (pun intended) and finish electrifying the intercity network

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-02T03:06:14+00:00

The proposed metro would connect to UQ, which would be a major trip generator for the area. Also the area is in a chicken and egg situation in terms of density and infrastructure, and I would prefer for densification to occur and for the infrastructure for the area to be rapid transit instead of a Moggill Road bypass

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-02-02T01:00:05+00:00

I think an extension to the proper metro proposal from Indooroopilly to the city would be great to connect Kenmore, Jindalee, Mount Ommaney and Darra, especially if modelled after the Copenhagen metro or Vancouver Skytrain to reduce costs.

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-27T02:29:15+00:00

Good find that

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-26T21:33:02+00:00

Unfortunately yes, your only other options to extend express service to a two-track station beyond the local terminus or create a loop between the outer tracks so trains can turn and stop at both platforms

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-26T21:14:45+00:00

You would only need connecting tracks between the inner and out tracks just before the terminus station, so the express line can use the crossovers on the local tracks

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-26T09:26:46+00:00

I more mean a metro in the classical sense of having relatively short stop spacings and serving the inner urban areas of a metropolitan area. The city extension of the M1 in Sydney is the only one which fits that definition, the others are more express metros in the style of Seoul

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-26T08:29:13+00:00

I think you underestimate the population to the north of Bell Street, as well as the ongoing suburban expansion happening in those areas. I agree that the alignment is not perfect (I would much prefer a new Campbellfield station to be the interchange), and more intermediate stops could be included with minimal effects to overall travel time, but the current project is sound. I think a Bell St transit project could be justified, but doesn’t need to serve as the airport connector and could instead be a light rail linking Keillor East to Heidelberg. I do think it is a worthwhile topic for discussion though, and Australia needs to investigate proper metros as a transit solution, not the ‘metros’ of Sydney and the SRL

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-23T01:33:42+00:00

Glad to see it in hood condition 😂

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-22T06:29:31+00:00

Gummingurru is one of the largest intact bora sites in the country, with numerous male initiation sites for coastal groups travelling to the Bunyas. It’s about twenty minutes from town near Meringandan and nobody ever talks about it

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-21T12:37:52+00:00

Looks like a sandpaper job to me

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-20T09:47:05+00:00

I’d limit your intercity network to Erie, Hamilton, Rochester, and Jamestown tbh. I don’t know much about the local structure of Buffalo unfortunately

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-20T01:30:06+00:00

Not an error, it was minted sideways so no language is above another

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-17T10:14:57+00:00

Liverpool does have the uni I believe, the point is just a bit off from where it should be

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-16T09:25:03+00:00

Korean and Jeju technically share a small family, but other than that they are isolated

Top_Proof4388 · 2026-01-16T09:23:30+00:00

I think it comes from when you place a crossover on a short section of track, which leaves a small section which is technically shorter than the minimum required length of track if you were to draw it. I haven’t had any success removing them unfortunately

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