How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car

Re:How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car by guitarbill on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:18PM (#20579621)

agree in the centre. Sydney's trains are good for the sprawl, it can be hard to get to some Melbs suburbs without a car (even though there are trains in Melbourne)

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Re:How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car by devnulloverflow on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:53AM (#20581328)

It's hard to get to some Sydney suburbs for the same reason. Though interestingly this includes rich areas like the Eastern Suburbs and Northern Beaches. I suspect fat-cat NIMBYs have been keeping the trains out for generations now.

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Re:How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car by falsedan on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:32AM (#20582628)

no it's the geography, too hard and bumpy or waterlogged to drill tunnels

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Re:How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car by devnulloverflow on Sunday August 04, 2019 @07:03PM (#20609794)

You don't have to drill tunnels. The North Shore line isn't on tunnels for the most part, but it also never goes anywhere near the shore.

I guess it's true that now you might need tunnels (especially for the eastern suburbs). But these lines could have been built many decades ago.

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