Twelve carriage trains part 3: Why East Hills line needs 12 carriage trains

My last blog post anticipated the possibility of why over the next 30 years, the East Hills line, like current plans for the Western line, will need the 50% capacity boost offered by 12 carriage trains (running independently of Revesby all stops trains).

A number of people have said this is overkill.  I'm not sure if they have looked at what the Department of Planning want to do out in the southwest.

The following maps would make it obvious why a dedicated 20 train per hour, 12 carriage train service from the South and West of East Hills and Glenfield is going to be needed over the next 30 years:

There is the Southwest growth centre:

Then there is the Glenfield to Macarthur priority urban renewal corridor:

And then if the above weren't enough, then this:

Anyone who looks at the scale of new housing to be released out in the southwest and doesn't think 12 carriage trains going from these areas onto the East Hills line and then to Central must be assuming all the people living here can just drive instead...