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by PD2/20
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 380
Views: 109538

[PRO] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

Is it just me or does that curved section look odd? I'm assuming they haven't finished perhaps? The track requires the use of a tamping machine to consolidate the ballast under the sleepers to establish the correct vertical and horizontal alignments of the track. It is only more recently that the t...
by PD2/20
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 380
Views: 109538

[PRO] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

Is it just me or does that curved section look odd? I'm assuming they haven't finished perhaps? The track requires the use of a tamping machine to consolidate the ballast under the sleepers to establish the correct vertical and horizontal alignments of the track. It is only more recently that the t...
by PD2/20
Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1430
Views: 371878

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Great! Can't wait until the point when it's not just net >100% renewables, but there is basically never any need to fallback on imported fossil power. South Australia does not "rely" on imported fossil fuel.....we have our own.....there is still quite a bit of gas capacity........But when...
by PD2/20
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 4909
Views: 1130088

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

[Shuz] wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:47 pm
Am I missing something here?

How in the hell is this costing $35m?
I understood the $35m was for the the bike overpass. Has a cost been announced for the scaled back works just announced?
by PD2/20
Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

The ARTC track has its own set of active pedestrian gates that operate separately from the Adelaide Metro tracks. At Nth Adelaide Station the ARTC line does have a separate crossing. However at Torrens Jn (where this week's incident took place) there is a single crossing across all 3 tracks which i...
by PD2/20
Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Ever since the previous fatality, trains have limited their speed around that curve (even if they're not stopping at North Adelaide), and usually (but to be fair, not always) sound their horn. The active crossing gates are now operating at both North Adelaide Station, and where this incident occurr...
by PD2/20
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Another pedestrian killed presumably at the same place as last time: https://indaily.com.au/news/2024/01/15/train-hits-pedestrian-at-north-adelaide/ The fatality last year was at North Adelaide Station. This incident was at the crossing between the station and Torrens Bridge which had remained clos...
by PD2/20
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

The active crossing at North Adelaide Station is apparently finally operational today. Only took 5 1/2 years and one death. Nice! How many remaining to be commissioned? Both North Adelaide and War Memorial Drive were being worked in the last fortnight. These were the last crossings not activated. I...
by PD2/20
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Ah, I missed that - I thought it was only 3121/22. 3017 wasn't paired with 3009 yesterday, but with I think 3020 or thereabouts (I didn't make it that far up the platform and only saw it from a distance). Whatever it was it wasn't green-wrapped and I noticed that whilst 3017 had the green wrapping ...
by PD2/20
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

The reference to the Elizabeth Turnback is puzzling. Signals and points were installed during the electrification/resignalling. The turnback was indeed constructed around 2013 but were subsequently removed and replaced with plain rail when the electrification was cancelled in 2014. Can you clarify ...
by PD2/20
Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 380
Views: 109538

[PRO] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

I've always been told that the new station would be an island platform with the metro trains on the non-museum side and the NRM trains on the other but that plan only shows one track into the platform.... The plan only shows the AdMet parts of the project. The NRM track might be getting done as a s...
by PD2/20
Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:33 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 380
Views: 109538

[PRO] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

I've always been told that the new station would be an island platform with the metro trains on the non-museum side and the NRM trains on the other but that plan only shows one track into the platform.... One platform could become inadequate especially on busy event weekends such as History Festiva...
by PD2/20
Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6003
Views: 1455884

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02yuG6qcaDynRGFjuTmFnfcqiu2edqJq8kVkobP79au1MDupayQwTd6A7hhqdxMsBKl&id=100064342463158&mibextid=RtaFA8 Gawler line closure for pedestrian crossing installations and Elizabeth turnback In recent weeks there has been quite a bit of preparatory ...
by PD2/20
Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:27 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3066
Views: 975786

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

This is a failure by governments. Everything that's done is looked at/approached as stand alone. There is no thought beyond that project, that piece of roadway. How many times do you see brand new roads, or footpaths, ripped up? Too often in this state. ... Can you provide instances of brand new ro...
by PD2/20
Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 380
Views: 109538

[PRO] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

[Shuz] wrote:
Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:32 pm
Strange that it's dual track?
I assume second track is retained for NRM. Previous layout had multiple tracks past Aviation Museum.