Alright, driver's view! Sort of. At least both ends of these trains have standing room at the front to make it look like someone is driving it only difference is no controls. Still, pretty cool.
I did a little bit of work on the new section between Chatswood and Sydenham, at the time it didn't really dawn on me just what a massive deal this was, but the scale really hit home when I later found out this line has already become one of the busiest in Australia and a big chunk of it (Sydenham to Bankstown and potentially in future to Liverpool) still isn't even open yet and neither is most of the development planned along the line. Over 250,000 people using it on busy days will be more than the entire Adelaide, Brisbane or even Perth rail networks just on this one line, incredible.
I remain sceptical about the Extension of the Metro North. The number of stations between Chatswood and Banragaroo and between Central and Sydenham is SMALL vs the highest population densities of the entire line sums up the issue. Why so few stations in most highly populated areas? My guess is that it is simply to have a good record of On Time performance. Think this way. Currently, with such few stations, the Metro trains could do very high speed so it is an express. But when the demands do get higher, slow deboarding and boarding will slow down the train creating delays. So the Metro operator could likely change the time table to have longer travel time in between stations. Due to the long distances between stations, this would not affect the frequency of services but maintain on-time performance against a slower service. It's a sad ethos if indeed the design for the extension is partly based on this. Secondly, obviously the segment from Tallawong to Epping is a white elephant vs the frequency of services per hour. The subsidies by the busy Epping to Chatswood and Bankstown to CBD would continue. The seemingly high patronage of the extension likely will not remain this high after initial curiosity is satisfied by the public. Cannibalism of existing double decker services and bus services between Chatswood and CBD should be included to determine if the Metro extention is a success or not. I will add one more point. Work from home for many office jobs will eventually be significant. The obsession of funneling all rail services into the CBD is perhaps not the wisest spend of railway funding long term.
![Trains on the brand new Sydney Metro City [4k]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gW9TZwQ3yic/mqdefault.jpg)
Imagine a view like this through the Melbourne city loop, thanks for sharing mate!
Alright, driver's view! Sort of. At least both ends of these trains have standing room at the front to make it look like someone is driving it only difference is no controls. Still, pretty cool.
There are driver controls, but they are locked under a cover.
@daveg2104 Ah I see, thanks.
What a view!
I did a little bit of work on the new section between Chatswood and Sydenham, at the time it didn't really dawn on me just what a massive deal this was, but the scale really hit home when I later found out this line has already become one of the busiest in Australia and a big chunk of it (Sydenham to Bankstown and potentially in future to Liverpool) still isn't even open yet and neither is most of the development planned along the line. Over 250,000 people using it on busy days will be more than the entire Adelaide, Brisbane or even Perth rail networks just on this one line, incredible.
These driverless passenger trains are kinda like a public transport service and a tourist attraction in one
Not really. Driverless trains aren't impressive to anyone from overseas. They've been around for 30 years
The best part of the sydney metro is that i can pretend to be a driver
Are bikes allowed on Metro ? 😊
FSX Funny airbus crash.
I remain sceptical about the Extension of the Metro North.
The number of stations between Chatswood and Banragaroo and between Central and Sydenham is SMALL vs the highest population densities of the entire line sums up the issue.
Why so few stations in most highly populated areas?
My guess is that it is simply to have a good record of On Time performance.
Think this way.
Currently, with such few stations, the Metro trains could do very high speed so it is an express.
But when the demands do get higher, slow deboarding and boarding will slow down the train creating delays.
So the Metro operator could likely change the time table to have longer travel time in between stations.
Due to the long distances between stations, this would not affect the frequency of services but maintain on-time performance against a slower service.
It's a sad ethos if indeed the design for the extension is partly based on this.
Secondly, obviously the segment from Tallawong to Epping is a white elephant vs the frequency of services per hour.
The subsidies by the busy Epping to Chatswood and Bankstown to CBD would continue.
The seemingly high patronage of the extension likely will not remain this high after initial curiosity is satisfied by the public.
Cannibalism of existing double decker services and bus services between Chatswood and CBD should be included to determine if the Metro extention is a success or not.
I will add one more point.
Work from home for many office jobs will eventually be significant. The obsession of funneling all rail services into the CBD is perhaps not the wisest spend of railway funding long term.