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      Mouse Chief Train Controller

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    Thanks Bulbous for the update.



    Also:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pETD82e53Lw&feature=plcp


    Posted: 10 Dec 2012 16:11

    Last edited by Mouse on 10 Dec 2012 16:12; edited 2 times in total

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      drwaddles In need of a breath mint

    Location: Newcastle
    From Hester Avenue bridge on Sunday. This is the first time I've seen the cute little loco around.
     




    Posted: 18 Dec 2012 00:21
      thewaratahtrain Chief Train Controller

    It's starting to take shape looks like a fair amount of the work is completed, not long to go now.
    Posted: 18 Dec 2012 00:47
      doggie015 Junior Train Controller

    Location: On a bus going from esplanade busport to canning bridge so I can catch a train to Esplanade station
    Holy crap! I didn't realize they had done THAT much already! Looks like it's getting close to electrification!
    Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:02
      Mouse Chief Train Controller

    Location:
    The station is certainly taking shape Very Happy

    Last month saw a concrete pour for the concourse level base slab:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRT0pz0cnKk
    Posted: 05 Apr 2013 22:38

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      doggie015 Junior Train Controller

    Location: On a bus going from esplanade busport to canning bridge so I can catch a train to Esplanade station
    The station is certainly taking shape Very Happy

    Last month saw a concrete pour for the concourse level base slab:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRT0pz0cnKk
    Mouse
    Eight HOURS spent pouring concrete! I didn't realize they needed 950 TONS of the stuff to make the concourse base slab!
    Posted: 06 Apr 2013 12:05
      dw54 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Devonport, Tas
    I've noticed on British forums that electrification to the British MkIII system built in the mid-80s (ie the Bedpan line) now seems to be suffering from Overhead Line failures, not unlike the problem last year near Stirling. The WA system is of the same type and era as the system causing cancellations and delays to Thameslink trains in Britain. NR has intimated that substandard components chosen for lowest project cost, rather than lowest whole-life cost may be the underlying cause of the problems.

    I hope The PTA is liaising with their Network Rail colleagues in Britain. It would be smarter for all concerned to plan and budget for a preventative programme than suffer ongoing failures then undertake ad hoc fixes.

    HTH somebody in the "system"

    DW in Devonport
    Posted: 06 Apr 2013 13:20
      thewaratahtrain Chief Train Controller



    http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=c4-feed-u&v=2vZ6S2RMmDs

    This thread hasn't been updated in awhile anyway the public transport authority has recently released this video render of what the futuristic butler station will look like when the project is completed around this time next year, judging from the latest project update (11) the extension could open early but I wouldn't hold your breath, most of the station structure is nearly complete

    http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Projects/ButlerExtensionProject/Projectupdates/tabid/398/Default.aspx
    Posted: 13 Oct 2013 18:46
      Northmetro Junior Train Controller

    I notice the video depicts only 3 car trains. I hope that's not an indication of likely progress of rolling stock deliveries!
    Posted: 14 Oct 2013 13:47
      doggie015 Junior Train Controller

    Location: On a bus going from esplanade busport to canning bridge so I can catch a train to Esplanade station
    I notice the video depicts only 3 car trains. I hope that's not an indication of likely progress of rolling stock deliveries!
    I suspect it is more to do with