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To be clear I am complaining about the Victoria Cross name - way more confusing for locals than necessary. I am also a bit concerned finding out that the McLaren St exit will only be served by lifts. There are 6 high schools which will definitely utilize this access all at a peak time due to similar school hours. Backpacks mean the kids effectively take up the space of 1 1/2-2 people so space will fill very quickly. Any word on walking distance from that entrance? That’s the only thing that would determine if I still need to take a bus due to mobility issues.
Very impressive (both your video and the metro)! Also love the animated maps … assume you made these with Adobe Illustrator? 🤔
My only form of transport in walking distance is is Lilyfield Light Rail
Shame you have to mortgage your home to have to travel on Sydney transport system :)
There are building codes on how steep a ramp can be, and how far it can go between landings, so people in wheelchairs can safely traverse them, hence the bulk. Stairs would have been a nice alternative for those that can climb them, though, and a pair of lifts would have been more user friendly, though they’d cost more to install and maintain. They probably would have needed less rampage if they had tunneled under the tracks instead of bridging over them, but then you have a creepy pedestrian tunnel.
Absolutely awesome video!! Thank you for making this fun & informative. Great to watch this from overseas to stay in touch with what's happening back home.
When was Pitt Street station renamed to Gadigal and why so???? It is confusing me sooo much
The generation who didn't grow up watching Terminator movies really show it when they embrace AI and driverless. Sure, I can understand how removing the human element can be helpful, but with the increasing numbers of people with low intelligence depending on AI and "driverless" options, we're signing our own doom contract. Rather a driver with a dead man switch over driverless.
Looks great , reminds me of Singapore 🇸🇬
It will make a difference to the people living adjacent to the new construction, but no one else really 😐
I was born here, so it's my land. For all intents and purposes, I am just as indigenous to this land. I haven't known or lived in any other. Fuck off with your leftist virtue-signalling.
This is both a most impressive project for Sydney, but an thoroughly informative video. Your hard work is much appreciated by all here, I’m sure!
Unbelievable that they didn't take the small step to connect the metro with T1 at Schofields.
Stupid, expensive and totally ugly ststion design An underpass would have been cheaper, direct and a lot shorter.
This video has an amazing content. I've grown up in Sydney, rode the red rattler trains with those iconic slat open/shut windows, and have yet to visit all that was included in this well thought out and photographed, plus aerial shots video. Well done!😊
Looks really small compaired to Shanghai's 800km of track and 11 million passengers a day.
Per capita, Sydney Metro will be bigger going by your numbers. Then there is the heavy rail network which has been around for around 150 years. Shanghai has 30m people. I guess in raw terms, its rail network will handle more people.
As an american who moved to Sydney in January i really came at the perfect time. I was at the crows nest community day and the entire station was really well made from the entrance to the platforms, really going to help commutes down
As an American who lives in a city where our Suburban Trains (we call it Regional Rail here), run BI-HOURLY at certain times of the day and weekends......I'm jealous you even have half-hour service as the "low-end" of frequencies. I'd rob Fort Knox for AT LEAST half-hourly service on my local regional rail line because Our "Metro" Line (we call it The El or L) is kind of far away. You have to take a bus to it, it runs every 10-12 minutes all day, even during peak hour, with aging equipment that often fails, and the trains are usually filled with drug addicts and people smoking narcotics out in the open.....God bless Philadelphia. Lol
When the hell is the east and south east going to get the metro if ever????
It won't happen under a Labor government. I remember Michael Costa promising a line to La Perouse (just one of their many rail promises) and like the rest they never went ahead with it. Don't expect anything new from Jo Haylen. She's just there to cut ribbons and smile for the cameras when opening the previous government's projects.
People will get used to the name Gadigal very quickly and pitt street is a very long street , if it was called pitt street that could catch people out as well
@1:42 Pour one out for the lost opportunity of Denistone getting a sister station at Denistone East.
Will be any more open day. I went to crows nest and I enjoyed it.
Where can i find crossing lights's map??
My questions will be regarding the extension of the trains to 8 carriages. Are there any plans for it? Also there was a new report of QLD trialling 50c transport. I wonder what you think of that and should we have something like it or a heavily discounted service? Thanks for the video
The times you are quoting are only speculative and will vary depending on the time of day and passenger load, also the Metro has far fewer stations to service so it should be quicker. I would imagine they intend to carry out track maintenance overnight to reduce hold ups. The express trains from the Central Coast can't travel via the City Circle because that would mean using the Nth Shore line which only has one up and one down line so they would be held up by the urbane train services. The Central Coast trains have their on line all the way to central via Stratfield.
Trains between Central and Wyong do travel on the Nth Shore Line. They are H-sets rather than V-sets.
@@vintageradio3404 Read my post again. Express trains do not travel on the Nth Shore line.
Just imagine what they could have built with the wasted money that was poured into the useless, ugly, polluting WestConnex Rozelle Interchange.
What could have been built exactly? Bear in mind that not everyone's travel can involve trains. Or do you take the train to Bunnings?
@@vintageradio3404 Was unaware that Westconnex was shortening Bunnings travel times. Maybe that's where they went wrong. It sure isn't working for anything else. Bunnings is local. The horrible traffic around Balmain and Rozelle is due to the massive number of people commuting from the North West who have no rail connection. Build the rail network to meet that demand, unlike the expanded roads, it _relieves_ congestion and gives predictable travel times.
@@vintageradio3404Point 1. Most trips to Bunnings are for pretty small items that I can carry on the train e.g. a paintbrush or a few screws. Point 2. If I do need to drive to Bunnings, it would ge a much easier trip if the roads weren't full of office workers driving to work or people heading to cafes or tennis courts or grandma's House.
Not much. Because not many TAXPAYER dollars were spent on Rozelle. Like most of the road projects in the last 20 years it’s been largely sold off so the sale proceeds offset the expenditure. Unlike the Metro which all has been funded from taxpayer dollars. I’ve lost count of the number of people who falsely compare the two.
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Re Crows Nest metro. They should have built a tunnel under the Highway to Oxley Street so we don't have to queue up at the traffic lights. Instead they put a fence down the middle of the highway. Metros round the world always put multiple entrances. THE GOVERNMENT is already planning lots of high rise in this area.
I'm pretty sure Glenfield has cross platform transfers :)
Poorly constructed, over budget and scammed badly. One brand new section was falling down, so they covered it up and banned media stories. Very risky buying an apartment in Sydney built after 1985 too.
yes it's all about the neurodivergent
Would love to know when this opens. Won't sell a kidney for the open date, but might consider a little toe or pinky. Great video, Sharath.
19:52 They've clearly looked at some of the design of the Elizabeth line in London and gone "I like that" and I don't blame them. Also I love the design of these stations. As much as I love the Elizabeth line's architecture I love the design of the new metro stations more. More of a reason to come and visit someday.
Simple fix for Gadigal and Victoria Square is to call the areas above after the stations. The reverse of what is usually done but what the heck...
Could sell the naming rights. I'm for *Schmackos* and *Splashdown.*
Life goal completed: be in the background of a building beautifully video.
Awesome video. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Melbourne, you just got lapped!
why dont they just make crows nest becomes st leonards, victoria cross and N sydney, gadigal and town hall?
Can't wait to see it fail, will be funny as usual 😁
Chances are it won't fail because it is already open and working well. This video is on an extension to an existing line.
@@vintageradio3404 When has a NSW rail system work well ?
I see suicide rates going up, robot train no care if your Infront of it. Anything in front of it.
train with driver doesn't care either, it takes hundreds of metres for most passenger trains to stop
6:04 i like how he singled out denistone 🤣
Definitely a bit of a running joke in this channel. Who doesn't like to rag on Denistone? lol
Funny how no one whinges about the longtudinal seating in those cars, but complain about the new NIF sets not having reversible seating. Rather non reversible than faced with an entire train length of having to stare at travellers sitting opposite. No thanks.
Great work Sharath. Comprehensive yet easily digestible for Metro newbies. Nothing here I didn't already know myself but I still watched the whole thing.
Too bad the trains keep breaking down :(
I fear Melbourne needs to lift its game, it's being left behind by little Sydney...
Off you go then, wouldn't trade our system for theirs.
@@harrygoldun5779 Tell me where I can catch a train in Manningham then, or even a tram. Melbourne's system is ok, but it could be a lot better.
The commentator doesn’t know Sydenham, marrickville metro short walk away, coffee roasters/retailers short walk away, beer brewery’s short walk away. Bare foot bowling short walk away.
Very well done. Easy to understand and very precise and informative. Thankyou. Just one small item that may have been added was access to the Ferry wharfs at Bangaroo which are currently difficult to access. Or maybe I missed it. However I thankyou for your efforts
6:06 try every half hour at most Brisbane stations
please stop using whatever that sound is when you bring up something up
Top effort Sharath. As usual, your videos are highly informative and entertaining Now, let’s get on with opening the new section of the Metro and build some more lines.