Edited 23 May 2020 13:31, 8 months ago, edited by DCook

Putting a third track between Wentworth Park and Central is a good idea in theory, but not in practice

The people of the CBD are annoyed enough about all the road closures that happened for the L2 and L3, they will be even more annoyed if it happens again

One thing commonly ignored is that the bridge at Central that makes up the loop was never designed for the modern heavy steel trams, it was designed for the smaller wooden ones

Before the light rail opened in 1997 major work had to be done on the bridge in order to prevent cracking, then again before the Urbos 2s and 3s were introduced in 2014

If the Variotrams were still in service today the capacity for the network would be much higher

Edited 23 May 2020 13:22, 8 months ago, edited by DCook

Putting a third track between Wentworth Park and Central is a good idea in theory, but not in practice

The people of the CBD are annoyed enough about all the road closures that happened for the L2 and L3, they will be even more annoyed if it happens again

One thing commonly ignored is that the bridge at Central that makes up the loop was never designed for the modern heavy steel trams, it was designed for the smaller wooden ones

Before the light rail opened in 1997 major works had to be undertaken on the bridge in order to prevent cracking, then again before the Urbos 2s and 3s were introduced in 2014

If the Variotrams were still in service today the capacity for the network would be much higher

Edited 23 May 2020 13:18, 8 months ago, edited by DCook

Putting a third track between Wentworth Park and Central is a good idea in theory, but not in practice

The people of the CBD are annoyed enough about all the road closures that happened for the L2 and L3, they will be even more annoyed if it happens again

One thing commonly ignored is that the bridge at Central that makes up the loop was never designed for the modern heavy steel trams, it
was designed for the smaller wooden ones

Before the light rail opened in 1997 major works had to be undertaken on the bridge in order to prevent cracking, then again before the Urbos 2s and 3s were introduced in 2014

If the Variotrams were still in service today the capacity for the network would be much higher