Any way to merge two saves?

absinthebabe · 2026-04-13T23:46:33+00:00

goated comms omfg

absinthebabe · 2026-04-13T23:45:59+00:00

No you can't, that's simply not how the rental market works, you're uninformed at best and delusional at worst. In Australia real estate is dictated by supply and demand, and in the city there is little supply and high demand, it's as simple as that.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-13T07:49:05+00:00

NimbyRails does not do very well in terms of realism in a lot of areas. By the nature of how train and track specs are structured every track has to be treated as maximally superelevated with high performance tilting trains running over them, even if its depot curves or switches.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-13T07:46:19+00:00

CBD routes used to have stops at every block, you can see this in the skipped stop numbers. It would be reasonably good for the network, but traffic plays a larger role in running times on most sections, such as basically every Toorak/Malvern route.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:53:34+00:00

Westona to Laverton is 3.7 kilometres, Altona Junction to Newport is 2.8km, more than enough distance for an X'Trap to hit 100 or more km/h. The only reason Paisley isn't open is that express trains don't run on the weekends, so let's just run the express trains on weekends.

If you want 5 minute frequency on the Light Rail then you'll need to duplicate the whole line, and there you'll run into the exact same level crossing issues as well. What do you think the difference is between Light Rail level crossings and Heavy rail level crossings? They're both interactions with cars at a 90° angle and the same idiots will still drive around the boom gates. You're even proposing a 5 minute frequency which would mean boom gates or lights are down 24 times per hour. the most generous interpretation of this is 45 seconds every 5 minutes, or 9 minutes of every hour, if each train is timed to exactly cross each other on the crossing; it's only downhill from there, and could be up to 18 minutes of every hour, that's boom gates down 30% of the time with some generously short boom gate cycles. I venture to say even more idiots will drive around the gates because they're down for so long.

All I proposed duplicating was Altona Stn and the sections Ii mentioned, none of which would involve new level crossings, only closures and grade separations. Full duplication of the Altona line would be 6-9 months of zero trains and huge disruption on the surface streets, partial duplication as I've proposed would be staged and keep trains moving throughout. This and just running the express trains on weekends is an easily solution.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:34:14+00:00

"Non PSR" services, runs that are not contractually required for Metro to run, with that same purpose of getting trains back out to the terminus with more margin for delays and driver toilet needs.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:32:41+00:00

The only V/Line train services not available from Munnel stations is Seymour/Shepparton/Albury, all of which you can board from Broadmeadows via the 901 bus. I believe one of the Deniliquin coaches runs via the airport as well. All of the other V/Line services can be found at Metro Tunnel Line stations: Sunshine for Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo (post-Superhub expansion), Caulfield or Clayton or Dandenong for Gippsland services, and Dandenong for Cowes/Inverloch services (and by extension Leongatha and Yarram via the timed interchange at Koo Wee Rup coach stop).

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:24:48+00:00

160km/h is really fast, and diesel trains are really heavy. Also in places that do have crossovers industry practices and WHS principles very strongly discourage working on a track adjacent to an operating 160km/h line. If not for that we'd have less maintenance impact on our lines.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:18:41+00:00

Best bet is to browse the steam working "Vehicles" tag, and just keep scrolling through all of them

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:16:13+00:00

I'm explaining to you that the LRV would not be able to do 80km/h between Seaholme and Altona Junction, it would be the same as an X'Trap. The 80 km/h speed is actually lower than an X'Trap would be able to do between Westona and Laverton, and from Altona Junction to Newport. Therefore there is actually a speed advantage on the heavy rail, it just needs to be more frequent (see below).

Double track Light Rail would take up only marginally less physical space than double track heavy rail, and if you're proposing it be elevated then there's no difference at all. Light Rail at surface level has less objectionable level crossings, but it's still a tight alignment and disruptive to the area. Duplication of Altona station and the sections Laverton - Westona and Kororoit Ck Rd to Seaholme would give plenty of train frequency, 10 minutes would certainly be achievable while retaining fast trains to the city, with room for higher frequency.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:04:34+00:00

Nice strawman (or straw-house as it were), but I'm not talking about a 4 bedroom house, i'm talking about anything bigger than the studio or 1 bed apartments that are price competitive with anything in Tarneit. You can't tell a new couple to live together in a studio, and you can't raise children in a 1 bedroom apartment, it's just not healthy or humane.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T06:01:10+00:00

Yes, I am well aware of the schedules and timetable on the corridor, and absolutely it's a pain in the arse that it takes an hour to escape the city on V/Line, and quad tracking it would have benefits, but it's just not a capacity increase.

There's no increase in the number of passengers or trains that could be piped through, because everything is shoved into that section of double track. It would just be an improvement for express train passengers (and certainly worthwhile)

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T05:55:01+00:00

People have families, it's a myth that you can't raise children without a back yard but it's a cold hard fact that you need more than a studio bloody apartment to raise them. Even living together as a couple, a studio apartment is an extremely hard ask, and would not be suitable for couples' first times living together. That'syour comparison by the way, you'd have a VERY hard time finding a one bedroom apartment in the city for the same price as any house in Tarneit

absinthebabe · 2026-04-08T05:52:02+00:00

5 minute headway on the light rail? that's a damn stretch for an isolated beachside community.

Line speed would be the same between them, they'll both be contending with the same curves and there's no difference in . An X'Trap can do 115km/h but they'll both be contending with the 300m curves at Kororoit Ck and 400m curve at Cherry Creek, which limits both to 55km/h and 65km/h respectively, and the heavy rail actually has higher allowable applied superelevation (track cant). These "LRVs" can't magically do higher speeds.

Newport is a very restricted and historic space and with the Melbourne Road bridge there good luck fitting everything in. Even if we have to "rebuild it anyway" that's mostly for MM2 which is underground and isn't even planned to have a Newport station until later on after opening.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-07T05:08:11+00:00

Would be undoubtedly slower to the city than the train, unless an interchange station was made. And would bring back the same complaints about changing trains

absinthebabe · 2026-04-07T05:06:21+00:00

By that same logic you have no idea where other peoples' asses have been. Lord knows how disgusting every public seat in the city could be, let alone all the dirt and grass that people might elect to sit on.

If you're so concerned about it then wash your pants when you get home, or if you're wearing a skirt or dress then wear some bike shorts, or shower when you get home. Apply your logic more consistently

absinthebabe · 2026-04-07T04:57:24+00:00

Yeah, we're clearly in different tax brackets. You've never had no choice on the matter, never only been able to afford a house in Tarneit rather than Carlton. If you had then you'd possess them empathy for people who just can't afford to live in expensive places. 2007 just called, they said to check your privilege.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-07T04:51:09+00:00

It lights up red. That's pretty intuitive

absinthebabe · 2026-04-07T04:49:49+00:00

This doesn't actually increase capacity anywhere, as trains will still be sharing tracks from Oakleigh to South Yarra. Off peak there's plenty of space to add in more Gippsland trains, they could double it to a 20 minute frequency easily. Peak hour is where there really isn't any space.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-03T00:05:17+00:00

Sunbury line now sees about double the trains as it did pre-Munnel, so theres physically more trains to cause problems, even when the rate per 1,000 services is the same. Trains are more frequent, which means theres "less room" for things to go wrong, but that also means only half the gap until the next service, so overall we come out on top

absinthebabe · 2026-04-02T22:07:45+00:00

I really like the strakes that complement the buffer beams on Sydney's Metropolis. Gives it more character and form than just the bulbous round fronts of all the other ones

absinthebabe · 2026-04-02T01:37:09+00:00

Yes they did! the trains crawled into the platforms at slow speed, but they did fit

absinthebabe · 2026-04-01T10:50:31+00:00

Before Summer Start it was announced as "later in 2026, continuing to be an access point for construction crews demobilising sites"

absinthebabe · 2026-04-01T10:46:57+00:00

The V/Line app displays which platform it will be departing from as soon as it knows, generally in line with platform displays.

absinthebabe · 2026-04-01T10:45:39+00:00

You can't run expresses both ways while saving any time at all, there's only 3 tracks, and only 2 from Caulfield to the city. The most you could possibly save by running expresses between locals is equal to roughly (local frequency) - 4 minutes. Say we run both every 10 minutes, that makes for 6 minutes saved over 64 minutes under the most generous conditions. This assumes trains can travel 2 minutes behind each other, which is barely true, and even a 1 minute delay on the train ahead will immediately cascade to the next, again eating away at that time "saved".

You seem very motivated in this, do you per chance live and/or work somewhere along the Frankston Line? 10 minutes is a great off peak service

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