News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

[ChillyPhilly]

This is positively different.

:')

[[Shuz]]

SEAFRD?

[mattblack]

SEAFRD?

Uummmmm .......... that's an abbreviation Shuz in keeping with the rest of the train timetables. Max 6 characters.

[Aidan]

SEAFRD?

Uummmmm .......... that's an abbreviation Shuz in keeping with the rest of the train timetables. Max 6 characters.

of course it's an abbreviation - but why is it needed? What exactly is 7 characters too many for?

[Xaragmata]

"Up" A-city electric set 4004 at Emerson - Monday






A-city electric set 4003 at Seaford

[monotonehell]

SEAFRD?

Uummmmm .......... that's an abbreviation Shuz in keeping with the rest of the train timetables. Max 6 characters.

of course it's an abbreviation - but why is it needed? What exactly is 7 characters too many for?

I suspect that is the character limit they decided upon for all their timetables, website headers and so on. Consistency is important for us OCD (CDO) types.

[rubberman]

I suspect that is the character limit they decided upon for all their timetables, website headers and so on. Consistency is important for us OCD (CDO) types.

You mean AR (@nally Retentive) types, surely?

[monotonehell]

I suspect that is the character limit they decided upon for all their timetables, website headers and so on. Consistency is important for us OCD (CDO) types.

You mean AR (@nally Retentive) types, surely?

No that would mean no change at all

[AG]

So apparently the express services are being instated for the Seaford Line from April on a Seaford-Seaford Meadows-Noarlunga-Adelaide basis.

I wonder if any 6-car trains will eventually be run.

[jk1237]

OK, I have a few days off so I went down to Seaford on the train. I didn't happen to get a new train, but oh well. The all stops was a bit excrutiating, especially because the 3000 trains are so slow in accelerating from stations, and the 2 car train almost struggled to get up the hills through Seacliff and Marino (infact it sounded like one of engines karked it, caus it was revving out of control). Amazingly, its been running 4 days and the quite large new carpark at Seaford was 95% full already, was quite surprised, next week when uni goes back it will probably be overflowing. The amount of temporary speed restrictions on brand new track is just torture, but its just so tradition for us. 15 min frequency is good, will be better when Tonsley opens so that Seaford trains can be express from city to Woodlands park

Theres a huge chunk of barren land just near Edwardstown station that is now empty (used to be factories), you just hope that its turned into med density residential, not more industrial, and also I wonder when they will turn the old Port Stanvac oil refinery land (just west of Lonsdale station) into housing. Its fantastic waterfront land that would be worth hundreds of millions for housing, I think theres a lot of contamination that needs to be remediated first though. Interesting, the suburb of Hallett Cove used to be shit in the 80s and 90s, now its one of the most beautiful and scenic suburbs, the quality of housing and peoples have picked up. The same can't be said of Christie Downs

[fabricator]

OK, I have a few days off so I went down to Seaford on the train. I didn't happen to get a new train, but oh well. The all stops was a bit excrutiating, especially because the 3000 trains are so slow in accelerating from stations, and the 2 car train almost struggled to get up the hills through Seacliff and Marino (infact it sounded like one of engines karked it, caus it was revving out of control).

On the 3000's the engine revs are controlled by the generator/traction equipment. Sometimes it screws up and revs the engine up and down over and over, usually the engine stalls at some point.
That engine, the poor ride and weak aircon is what I don't like about the 3000's.

The 2000s and 4000s are about even par as far as having decent aircon and suspension.
I'd prefer the 4000s obviously, but the poles around Gawler don't have any wires yet, not been able to catch one myself due to the distance and time involved waiting at Adelaide station for one to show up.

Amazingly, its been running 4 days and the quite large new carpark at Seaford was 95% full already, was quite surprised, next week when uni goes back it will probably be overflowing. The amount of temporary speed restrictions on brand new track is just torture, but its just so tradition for us. 15 min frequency is good, will be better when Tonsley opens so that Seaford trains can be express from city to Woodlands park

All brand new track has speed restrictions, it needs a second tamping to even things out it needed. The government owned tamper is only really suited to timber and steel sleepers, which are mostly gone.
And yeah, the signalling still has some gremlins to sort out, mostly signal sighting issues.

[muzzamo]

So apparently the express services are being instated for the Seaford Line from April on a Seaford-Seaford Meadows-Noarlunga-Adelaide basis.

I wonder if any 6-car trains will eventually be run.

Oaklands can only do 5 cars which is a problem although not insurmountable.

[skyliner]

Hope they do convert to six coach capacity - keep the Aldinga line in view. Used to take 8 coaches out to Largs once.

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

[muzzamo]

I was speaking to a train driver mate of mine who told me they have actually tested with twelve (!) cars.

[AG]

I was speaking to a train driver mate of mine who told me they have actually tested with twelve (!) cars.

Nice foresight, but I don't think there'll ever be a need to run them as twelve car trains.