Re: All Aboard the Bondi Tram

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Lourie Smit wrote:

> Personally I do not agree with this letter at all. In my younger days when I
> wanted to go to the beach from the Western Suburns we usually went to
> Cronulla rather than Bondi because we could get there by one mode of
> transport. A light rail from Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach is not going to
> solve that. The proposal for a light rail may be good for the locals it will
> not solve the overall problem for people wanting to get to Bondi Beach. The
> heavy rail will solve that problem.

It would only work if it had its own reservation.  If the trams had to share the
fight for Bondi Road, they would take as long as the buses (45 minutes one day I
tried it).  That is 15 times longer than a train for the same journey.



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David Johnson
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