SMH: Secret rail plan for Sydney would create massive and costly upheaval
All rail lines would operate independently. The Airport Line would terminate at Central. And billions would need to be spent on new bridges and tunnels to offer more reliable trains for western Sydney.
Bureaucrats and consultants have developed these proposals and others for Transport for NSW as part of an implementation plan for the government's "Sydney's Rail Future" strategy.
The plans have not been made public. And there is a good chance the state government will opt for cheaper and less drastic policies to expand the capacity of Sydney's train system.
But investigations by Fairfax Media can reveal at least a partial picture of the planning that lies beneath glossy government brochures on the future of Sydney public transport.
The thrust of the plan, adopted by senior executives in Transport for NSW in mid-2013, is for each of Sydney's rail lines to operate separately.
This is so trains don't need to merge tracks, which limits how many can run on a line. It also increases the chance that problems on one train line will cause delays on another.
But the proposals would be hugely controversial. There would be a vast cost to many of the elements, far exceeding what the government has so far promised for upgrades to the existing network.
And they would be unpopular with many commuters, who would be forced to change trains where they didn't before.
The plans include running trains on the existing airport line in a shuttle between Revesby and Central.
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No guarantees though for how long the above archive will remain live ... It would be interesting to find out why SMH might have pulled the article...
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It's back up now. May just have been posted too soon by mistake - it has a graphic now that wasn't there before.
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