Every Sydney Station

Great to see. They need to make Burwood Rd pedestrians and buses only. There's way way more people than cars, and the footpaths are made too narrow to squeeze in four lanes.

BURRADOO, 139km from Central, is a quiet station that feels rural but actually has plenty of houses around it. It has two basic platforms and a pedestrian level crossing, but there's no access from the west side.

The northbound platform has one of Canberra's iconic bus shelters. I think it's lost!

I was hoping the shops would add colour as they filled out. It just needs a little something extra

As much as I like the George St entrance to Wynyard, I've always thought could do with some signs or something to give it more of a sense of arrival.

Apparently it's built to allow 2 min frequency

Every 4 minutes

Time to up the frequency!

How busy a northbound Metro gets on a Thurs arvo:

Left Central 5.40pm very full.
Crush load at Martin Pl.
Lots on & off at VicX, still a crush.
Eased but still very full at Chatty.
Empied a lot at Epping, still 100s standing.
Slowly emptied over the rest, but many still boarding.
Pic is Rouse Hill.

What passengers can expect from NSW’s long-distance trains More than three years late and $800 million over budget, the first of a fleet of 29 new trains are undergoing major testing before they can enter service.

The first of a fleet of 29 new regional passenger trains racing past stations on trials instils a sense that their entry into service is finally in sight.

Some interesting tidbits in this article....
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There's a big design flaw when booking regional NSW trains. Opal services are shown as "fully booked" when no booking is required.

Here's a trip from Bathurst. You'd think the $25 coach to Lithgow was the only option, not the cheaper and faster direct Blue Mountains train.

Sydney to get its first new inner-city suburb in decades as Glebe Island becomes Bays West ‘City-shaping’ transformation of industrial precinct to include more than 8,500 new homes and public waterfront access * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sydney will get its first new inner city suburb – known as Bays West – in decades, giving public waterfront access to Glebe Island for the first time in more than 100 years alongside 8,500 new homes. The New South Wales government on Tuesday announced that a long-awaited overhaul of the government-owned land, directly above the under-construction Bays Metro station and near the western end of the Anzac Bridge, will go ahead. Continue reading...

Sydney to get its first new inner-city suburb in decades as Glebe Island becomes Bays West

The west of the station is quieter: some businesses, fields and low-density housing beyond.

You can tell there's plenty of money here. Unfortunately patronage is quite low given the infrequent service that only goes to Campbelltown. I can see this becoming a key station if the service were better.

To the east is the town centre, a very popular shopping and dining precinct. The high street has a great collection of old shopfronts that are still in use, a cinema and supermarkets. A few arcades and laneways lead off the high street, connecting to more shops and car parks. (4/5)

The southbound platform has a larger station building also with a waiting room, amenities and nice landscaping. Most of it and the other buildings on the platform appear to be disused.

The waiting room serves as another exit, with a door through to the station's car park and a bus stop (3/5)

The Sydney-bound platform has a single building with an office, waiting room and amenities. There's no electronic departure screens at this station, it looks like the old wooden one is still in use!

Further down the platform is a grassy area with trees and an additional exit to the street (2/5)

BOWRAL, 136km from Central, is a charming station serving a surprisingly bustling town with a popular high street. It has two platforms with a collection of heritage buildings and pleasant landscaping. These are accessed from a road bridge with recently-added glass lifts. (1/5)

I'm actually finding myself get excited for high speed rail!

Copenhagen ticket machine

Travelling across Europe to cities with better transit than Sydney shows how contactless is best for ticketing. I don't want to have to study a dozen different combinations of zones & discounts to figure out what ticket is best, or worse, install an app. The system should figure that out for me!

Southeast corner of the facade of Adelaide Railway Station, showing the text "Railway Station" on two different levels, with some Skycity advertising in between

The walkway towards platforms 5 to 9 of Adelaide Station

Southern side of the station interior, showing three advertising screens and the mobility aid size self check area. On the floor is a U-turn arrow with the text "Manoeuvre a 180 degree turn in area 2070 mm x 1540 mm"

Platforms 2 and 3 at Adelaide station. A 4000 class EMU is on platform 2, with a 3000 class hybrid DMU on platform 3. You can tell it's hybrid because of the eye-searingly green window frames.

ADELAIDE is the central hub of the Adelaide Metro rail network. Perched between the northern edge of the CBD and the River Torrens, it has 9 terminus platforms. (1/11)

the current official Adelaide Metro rail network map, showing all of Adelaide's train stations and tram stops.

This project will document one man’s quest to find, and photograph, all of Adelaide’s 89 railway stations. (1/5)

GADIGAL, 17,000km from Central, is a new underground station wait hang on how did I get here?

Wellington is a nicer capital too

To the south is residential area, with a mix of detached and townhouses.

To the north is the town centre on the Old Hume Hwy, a collection of heritage buildings and cute cafes. Although the life of the town seems to have been taken by a shopping centre about 1km away.

With plenty of old charm, inside there is a waiting room, ticket office and amenities. Much of the building, including the second storey, don't appear open to the public.

There's a small weatherboard shelter on the southbound platform, but otherwise it's relatively bare. (2/3)

MITTAGONG, 132km from Central, is a larger station that serves a town centres with a strip of shops and some low/medium density housing. Its two platforms are accessed by a recently upgraded footbridge, with new glass and concrete lift towers. It features a two-storey heritage station building (1/3)

To the east is forest, there's no exit to this side. To the west are houses and an old, closed shop.

The station is down a short driveway which is lined with several community gardens. Amongst the trees there's a pergola with a mismatch of yard furniture - is this someone's backyard?

YERRINBOOL, 116km from Central, is a small rural station serving a few streets of houses. It has two platforms with small steel shelters on each and a disused weatherboard station building, and a pedestrian level crossing Despite being quiet, someone is taking great care of the gardens. (1/2)

Parramatta Light Rail stage 2 now chopped into two pieces. Stage 2a will stop at the top of Wentworth Point. Stage 2b - the most important bit that connects to metro at Olympic Park - pushed out into the indeterminate future.

Can't lie, it's quite disappointing.

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Graphic showing what's coming to Concord West

1300 homes next to Concord West station are up for consultation. Make a submission in favour by Monday: www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projec...

Nuts this is the lead story on the so-called national paper for business, and not tucked in local rag next to a story about a school's bake sale.