I'm pretty sure those tubes at 2:52 are sleeves/casings for the fence pile foundations. The sleeve is inserted into the pile hole to hold back the earth. Then they put the reinforcement cage in and finally pour the concrete. You can see the sleeves if you look at the bottom of the fence in some of the other footage.
Yes I think you're right there. I spotted some of those white pile foundations (or footings) as I think they're called) on the Bankstown Line today. They will be for a similar fence to separate the T3/metro tracks from the goods line.
Hi Michael, thanks! I had a spokesperson type role for the Jubilee Line Extension in London during 1998 and 1999. This was weigh before RUclips was a thing! It was all face to face back then, and I took people around the stations is small groups.
Like the jigsaw puzzle; i is all coming together nicely. Very indebted to you Paul for keeping us abreast of the latest developments. Thanks for this beaut episode
Hi Paul, thanks for another in-depth look at the Sydney Metro. The effort you put in to create these wonderful video presentations is appreciated by all of us. I look forward to your next video.
Finally, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. It's so good to see it _mostly_ connnected- I can't believe they didn't connect it all the way! Oh well, I'm sure that will happen shortly. Thanks for this quick update Paul!
Yep that's right Dee! It's lovely to do my face to camera footage from stations again, without wearing a face mask! I really like Artarmon station! It's so much more peaceful than Chatswood!
Hey Paul, good info. The week shutdown happened when I had overseas visitors. The peak hour rail buses are always slow, add a bit of rain, for those of us living on the upper North shore needed travel tolerance. It will be great when finished.
Hi David, glad you enjoyed it. Yes they picked the school holidays and a 4 day working week for the shutdown. As part of the RTBU industrial action, overhead wires have not been turned off for some of the weekend shutdowns that happened earlier in the year, and that has caused delays (as you can't use excavators etc near live wires or do the fencing work), so this extended shutdown allowed them to catch-up. An additional 2 week shutdown happened on the Bankstown Line during the same school holidays for the same reason. Yes the buses are a very poor substitute! Now that the fencing is all up, it should be easier for metro work to happen without north shore line possessions.
@@TransportVlog Paul. Thanks for your response. I am actually very positive about the new Metro, Light Rail and Freeways infrastructure. Add in the delays caused by bad weather and unacceptable Union behaviour, the timeline always blows out. I am just one person that needs my Public transport to be world class and reliable.
This is s just mind boggling for me as I joined rail in 1980 until 2014, the latter 17 years as a senior foreman with the elec branch and looking after the shore line ohw from hornsby to the bridge. I remember Chatswood as an island platform with a small goods siding for parcel vans. I saw the construction and upgrade of Chatswood station including the res and the complete ECRL construction and commissioning and now to see what is being done at Chatswood is just unbelievable for me who has been retired for 6 years and still miss the challenges of my old job. The ohw construction is much different and improved now and should last a 100 years some of the old contact wire in my day had been in the air fir close to 50 years. Great vides. Regards
Hi Phil, thanks for sharing your memories of Chatswood Station before, during and after the ECRL. In the bus station below, there is an old signal box, which you may remember. I'll see if I can include it in a future video. Great to know that overhead wires should last 100 years now! Glad you enjoyed this video.
@@TransportVlog Yes mate the signal box was on the country end of the building on the platform, Gordon station also had one, great memories from a great job
Thanks Paul, I really enjoyed this one. The suspense to see if the tracks were connected had me on the edge of my seat! I wonder why they didn't connect them though... Did they run out of time because of rain or is it to keep the new section physically isolated from northwest for now. Lots of exciting progress nevertheless. Thanks for braving the rain for us, I remember the big posession last year was similarly wet!
Glad you enjoyed it! and the suspense of history not quite in the making! I'm not sure of the reason for not connecting them up. Yes they got a lot done in 7 days, despite the rain. Yes I remember that wet one well! That definitely added to the video!
Always enjoy your informative updates, Paul. I tried to share my short video of Tallawong the day I fell over in the Metro afterwards. See if I can invite you to Sydney Metro Group. I should transfer the Tallawong video to RUclips as well.
You're very welcome Geoff. Personally, I would upload all your videos to RUclips, and then share them in facebook and other groups. That allows you to share the video with anyone, without them joining facebook groups.
@@TransportVlog Sounds good. I have to edit them to join them up through the editor before they go on RUclips. Still getting comfortable with a new Editor atm.
Hi Paul, interesting video. Incidentally, how far does the Metro southbound tunnel go from end to end? I am guessing that the tunnel would be complete by now. also, is there anywhere on the system, where the Metro and standard Sydney trains share the track? From what I have seen on your videos, most of the Sydney Metro track is kept completely separate from the other tracks. Anyway, take care. Rob.
Hi Rob, glad you found it interesting. I'm not sure how long the tunnels are. They come out again just before Sydenham, so I'm guessing thats 10 to 15K. As metro trains are driverless and have no trackside signals, it's not possible to run the Sydney Trains fleet on the same tracks, so it's all segregated.
The "level crossing pad" is actually known as a 'Road Rail Pad'. Or more commonly known as a 'High rail pad', for high rail vehicles to on track. But the term high rail is actually a company name, so it's proper name in the industry is a road rail pad now.
Thanks for that. "Level crossing pad" was the term used in one of the Sydney Metro update weekly newsletters. But "road rail pad" is a better name, so I'll use that going forward.
Thats so ridiculous. The last over 20 years they keep messing around with Chatswood keep upgrading and close the lines way too many time causes chaotic problem to someone that are unable to catch train to work. This is nightmare for someone who lives in North Shore Suburbs. Probably has the most closed time than elsewhere of NSW for train line.
Don't worry, you are not alone because track work has been happening all over the Sydney system for years. Almost every weekend you will find track work somewhere in the Sydney Trains Network.
Hi Nathan, yes its massively inconvenient when lines close, especially on weekdays, but work happens 24 hours a day during these shutdowns to minimise the downtime, and the work is necessary to maintain and upgrade the lines. It's due to shutdowns that the north shore line now has a train every 3 minutes at peak times. And as Aussi John says, all other lines get affected by trackwork as well.
Sydney Metro are saying "later this year", so that would mean in the next couple of months. I don't know why they weren't connected at this time (as I really thought they would be). The weather may have delayed things. There is another trackwork weekend in early November, so maybe it will happen then.
The dark ballast is simply damp. This is obvious a few seconds after the comment about it. - Power lines are 'fixed', rather than "put into position' at 4:28.
Don't know what those tunes are for but I know the crane carrying them is super noisy at night! Live near Artarmon station. The construction company has had to relocate my neighbours and I to hotels a few times for night work
Hi Matt, yes I heard about neighbours being relocated. Sydney Metro seem to be very good at informing residents about noisy work well in advance. Shouldn't be long now until its all done.
I'm pretty sure those tubes at 2:52 are sleeves/casings for the fence pile foundations. The sleeve is inserted into the pile hole to hold back the earth. Then they put the reinforcement cage in and finally pour the concrete. You can see the sleeves if you look at the bottom of the fence in some of the other footage.
Yes I think you're right there. I spotted some of those white pile foundations (or footings) as I think they're called) on the Bankstown Line today. They will be for a similar fence to separate the T3/metro tracks from the goods line.
Looks right to me. They are 'lost formwork' for the piles. The piles are *footings*; foundation is the soil or rock that they sit on.
this explains why the metro terminated in North Ryde, Chatswood was too busy with track works.
Yep that's right!
I feel that you'd be the perfect spokesperson for Sydney Trains, to explain its projects and works. Great video, mate.
Hi Michael, thanks! I had a spokesperson type role for the Jubilee Line Extension in London during 1998 and 1999. This was weigh before RUclips was a thing! It was all face to face back then, and I took people around the stations is small groups.
Thanks Paul for your hard work of filming and giving us updates. We can see it’s coming to an end soon.
You're very welcome Lawrence. Yes the end is in sight.
Like the jigsaw puzzle; i is all coming together nicely. Very indebted to you Paul for keeping us abreast of the latest developments. Thanks for this beaut episode
Yes it is, and its been puzzling at times to figure out what is happening! Glad you enjoyed this latest episode!
Another great video as always I can’t wait to visit Chatswood soon and the new metro
Thanks Sheriff.
Another update like always! 👍
Thanks!
Hi Paul, thanks for another in-depth look at the Sydney Metro. The effort you put in to create these wonderful video presentations is appreciated by all of us. I look forward to your next video.
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it. Central station will be the next update video, with some heritage footage from the transport expo too!
@@TransportVlog no worries Paul, I am certainly looking forward to that.
Always great to see new update videos like this.
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it Christian
Thank you for keeping us updated Paul 👍
You're very welcome Daniel
I usually remember the system connect about the CBD tunnel, even the crossover
Finally, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. It's so good to see it _mostly_ connnected- I can't believe they didn't connect it all the way! Oh well, I'm sure that will happen shortly. Thanks for this quick update Paul!
Yes me too! I'm sure there was a good reason for not connecting them. Glad you enjoyed this update.
Always enjoy your videos ….thank you Paul
You're very welcome. Glad you enjoy them
Great stuff again. Thanks
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Another Chatswood Update coming, hopefully before the weekend!
Opening words at Artarmon Station I believe, big up Artarmon where I live, thanks for video!
Yep that's right Dee! It's lovely to do my face to camera footage from stations again, without wearing a face mask! I really like Artarmon station! It's so much more peaceful than Chatswood!
Great commentary and great video
Thanks Andy, Glad you enjoyed it
9:55 the reinforcing sticking out of the top of the beams is to tie into the concrete slab that will be poured over the top.
Hi Athol, thanks for that. I'll keep a look out for the concrete slab.
Excellent Vit thanks Paul
Thanks Greg
Hey Paul, good info. The week shutdown happened when I had overseas visitors. The peak hour rail buses are always slow, add a bit of rain, for those of us living on the upper North shore needed travel tolerance. It will be great when finished.
Hi David, glad you enjoyed it. Yes they picked the school holidays and a 4 day working week for the shutdown. As part of the RTBU industrial action, overhead wires have not been turned off for some of the weekend shutdowns that happened earlier in the year, and that has caused delays (as you can't use excavators etc near live wires or do the fencing work), so this extended shutdown allowed them to catch-up. An additional 2 week shutdown happened on the Bankstown Line during the same school holidays for the same reason. Yes the buses are a very poor substitute! Now that the fencing is all up, it should be easier for metro work to happen without north shore line possessions.
@@TransportVlog Paul. Thanks for your response. I am actually very positive about the new Metro, Light Rail and Freeways infrastructure. Add in the delays caused by bad weather and unacceptable Union behaviour, the timeline always blows out. I am just one person that needs my Public transport to be world class and reliable.
Great video - good to see what was being done that week I was going to work on buses (thankfully regular buses, not the rail replacement ones).
Thanks! - Yes I was using the 144 bus to get to Mowbray Road. One bus was very busy and not much fun to be on!
This is s just mind boggling for me as I joined rail in 1980 until 2014, the latter 17 years as a senior foreman with the elec branch and looking after the shore line ohw from hornsby to the bridge. I remember Chatswood as an island platform with a small goods siding for parcel vans.
I saw the construction and upgrade of Chatswood station including the res and the complete ECRL construction and commissioning and now to see what is being done at Chatswood is just unbelievable for me who has been retired for 6 years and still miss the challenges of my old job. The ohw construction is much different and improved now and should last a 100 years some of the old contact wire in my day had been in the air fir close to 50 years. Great vides.
Regards
Hi Phil, thanks for sharing your memories of Chatswood Station before, during and after the ECRL. In the bus station below, there is an old signal box, which you may remember. I'll see if I can include it in a future video. Great to know that overhead wires should last 100 years now! Glad you enjoyed this video.
@@TransportVlog
Yes mate the signal box was on the country end of the building on the platform, Gordon station also had one, great memories from a great job
Nice vid Paul!
Thanks!
Good work most informative
Thanks Doug
Thanks Paul, I really enjoyed this one. The suspense to see if the tracks were connected had me on the edge of my seat! I wonder why they didn't connect them though... Did they run out of time because of rain or is it to keep the new section physically isolated from northwest for now. Lots of exciting progress nevertheless. Thanks for braving the rain for us, I remember the big posession last year was similarly wet!
Glad you enjoyed it! and the suspense of history not quite in the making! I'm not sure of the reason for not connecting them up. Yes they got a lot done in 7 days, despite the rain. Yes I remember that wet one well! That definitely added to the video!
Always enjoy your informative updates, Paul. I tried to share my short video of Tallawong the day I fell over in the Metro afterwards. See if I can invite you to Sydney Metro Group. I should transfer the Tallawong video to RUclips as well.
You're very welcome Geoff. Personally, I would upload all your videos to RUclips, and then share them in facebook and other groups. That allows you to share the video with anyone, without them joining facebook groups.
@@TransportVlog Sounds good. I have to edit them to join them up through the editor before they go on RUclips. Still getting comfortable with a new Editor atm.
Thanks
Thanks very much Gregory! I really appreciate that!
Hi Paul, interesting video. Incidentally, how far does the Metro southbound tunnel go from end to end? I am guessing that the tunnel would be complete by now. also, is there anywhere on the system, where the Metro and standard Sydney trains share the track? From what I have seen on your videos, most of the Sydney Metro track is kept completely separate from the other tracks. Anyway, take care. Rob.
Hi Rob, glad you found it interesting. I'm not sure how long the tunnels are. They come out again just before Sydenham, so I'm guessing thats 10 to 15K. As metro trains are driverless and have no trackside signals, it's not possible to run the Sydney Trains fleet on the same tracks, so it's all segregated.
The "level crossing pad" is actually known as a 'Road Rail Pad'. Or more commonly known as a 'High rail pad', for high rail vehicles to on track. But the term high rail is actually a company name, so it's proper name in the industry is a road rail pad now.
Thanks for that. "Level crossing pad" was the term used in one of the Sydney Metro update weekly newsletters. But "road rail pad" is a better name, so I'll use that going forward.
good
Can you do a Sydenham one? It looks almost finished
Have you seen this video? (ruclips.net/video/31we_y8XLIw/видео.html). It hasn't really changed since this video.
Thats so ridiculous. The last over 20 years they keep messing around with Chatswood keep upgrading and close the lines way too many time causes chaotic problem to someone that are unable to catch train to work. This is nightmare for someone who lives in North Shore Suburbs. Probably has the most closed time than elsewhere of NSW for train line.
Don't worry, you are not alone because track work has been happening all over the Sydney system for years. Almost every weekend you will find track work somewhere in the Sydney Trains Network.
Hi Nathan, yes its massively inconvenient when lines close, especially on weekdays, but work happens 24 hours a day during these shutdowns to minimise the downtime, and the work is necessary to maintain and upgrade the lines. It's due to shutdowns that the north shore line now has a train every 3 minutes at peak times. And as Aussi John says, all other lines get affected by trackwork as well.
When will the tracks and overhead be connected up? And why weren't they connected up this time? Anyway great work Paul!
Sydney Metro are saying "later this year", so that would mean in the next couple of months. I don't know why they weren't connected at this time (as I really thought they would be). The weather may have delayed things. There is another trackwork weekend in early November, so maybe it will happen then.
@@TransportVlog They did something like that with the CSELR where they dug up the track for the junction twice.
On construction a physical gap needs to be maintained from current ohw to allow work to proceed safely
The dark ballast is simply damp. This is obvious a few seconds after the comment about it.
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Power lines are 'fixed', rather than "put into position' at 4:28.
Thanks for that.
Ah great to understand why they shut the network down for this period.
Yes, it is very interesting to see what happens, and luckily the Mowbray Road bridge offers some good views!
The metal tubes will be the forms for the pylons for the fence posts
Thanks for that Evan. Yes I think they go around the edge of those white stumps, or footings.
Don't know what those tunes are for but I know the crane carrying them is super noisy at night! Live near Artarmon station. The construction company has had to relocate my neighbours and I to hotels a few times for night work
Hi Matt, yes I heard about neighbours being relocated. Sydney Metro seem to be very good at informing residents about noisy work well in advance. Shouldn't be long now until its all done.
Does anyone know when the Chatswood to City Metro will open?
Sometime in 2024. It's too early to have a specific date, as unexpected things could crop up over the next few months.
Interesting stuff. Now, the “prongs” should be called either starter bars or just reinforcing steel.
Thanks Greg, yes I thought there would be a better word for "prongs"
@@TransportVlog That’s fine. I spent five years studying Civil Engineering to get the terminology right.