TomMelaide

@ajsadauskas @AgreeableLandscape @RM_Transit What China has done is incredibly interesting but largely only works because they don’t currently have said rail networks. In Australia we do, everywhere, and they are generally historic corridors with the greatest density. In some places in Australia i.e. Sydney where the Bankstown conversion is occurring it shows it can be done, but is is expensive and time consuming for a plan to run them at frequencies that are easily achieved by suburban railways.

@ajsadauskas @ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml Rowville rail line is a largely redundant not very useful idea. It’s never been built because it just does not have the catchment needed to make it work. Rowville itself can never gather the patronage required, and as Monash will now be served by the SRL there is effectively no point in its construction. There are more pressing missions in suburban Melbourne like the SRL, Airport Rail and a Tunnel from Newport to the City that deserve attention and billions of dollars. Building the light rail is a fine idea (sorta, it’s never gonna happen), but we should not pretend that we should build a rail line due to a hole in a map