Re: [NSW] Parramatta Rail Link - Details from EIS

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Can one view the EIS on the web?

"Christopher Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I had a look at the EIS on display at the RAC's headqurters last week.
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> The display consists of over 30 parts including the EIS proper, passenger
> analysis, technical analysis, drawings, Parramatta precinct
> plans..................  Too much info to
> wade through in a short period of time.
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> Some technical information from the EIS that did stand out was (and from
> memory):
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> TUNNELS
> 2 x single track bore from Tunnel entrance at Roseville to a few hundred
> metres in.
> 1 x double track bore to Lane Cove River (inc. UTS Ku-ring-gai station)
> 1 x double track bore from Lane Cove River a few hundred metres in.
> 2 x single track bore to just short of Carlingford
> 1 x double track bore to Carlingford portal
> 2 x single track bore (predominantly/all?) Rosehill portal to Westmead.
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> JUNCTIONS
> WESTMEAD - up and down dives will be outside current main lines, that is
NOT
> between the respective main and suburban lines.  The suburban/main cross
> overs will be moved to between Westmead and Wentworthville to PRL link
> trains will only use platforms 1 & 4 at Westmead.
> EPPING - 2 x single bore tunnels will surface on the outsides of the Main
> North just south of the M2 overbridge.  The PRL connection and the Main
> North will merge closer to Cheltenham.
> ROSEVILLE - From memory this tunnel portal was to be between the existing
> North Shore lines, but if that's the case then why single track bores.
> Numerous options were explored.  The North Shore and PRL junction will be
> just south of Chatswood station.
>
> ALIGNMENT
> GRADES - Maximum grades on the new line appear to be 1 in 40 (2.5%).  The
> line is not as heavily graded as I thought it may be.  Grades on the
rebuilt
> Carlingford line will be 1 in 34 in places in association with curvature
> easing but with most remaining at 1 in 37.
> CURVATURE - Must curves are about 800m radius.  Curves on the Carlingford
> line have been eased where possible but largely within the existing
> easement.  The up and down lines take different paths from Epping to the
> North/West.  The down line is on a 400m radius curve while the up line is
on
> a 300m radies curve (thus the two lines indicated to the north of Epping
on
> the map in the EIS summary doc main map).  The up line has a longer route
> and sharper curve to swing beneath the up Main North connection.
> SPEED LIMIT
> The general line limit will be 115km/h subject to curvature etc.
>
> SIGNALLING
> Signalling provided for 3" headways on the Westmead - Epping section and
2"
> (that's right 2") on the Epping - Chatswood section.  The EIS states that
> these headway designs will allow adequate recovery if service delays
occur.
> The 2" headway section is related to the Olympic Park line in terms of its
> signalling nature.
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> STATIONS
> All have two platforms.
> There is to be a platform either side of the paired lines at:
> Rosehill/Camellia
> Rydalmere
> Dundas (?)
> Telopea (?)
> Carlingford
> UTS Ku-ring-gai
>
> Island platforms at:
> Parramatta
> Epping
> Macquarie University
> Macquarie Park
> Delhi Road
>
> OTHER
> The drawings on display also show future connections for the Warringah
> Railway just inside the Roseville portal of the PRL.  Also the Castle Hill
> Railway junction between Epping and Carlingford, an extra link to Homebush
> Bay near Rosehill/Camellia and a connection for a Hoxton Park Railway to
the
> west on the new Parramatta station.
>
> Also shown are alternatives for extra tracks between Chatswood and North
> Sydney and the the City (Metro West).
>
> A single volume EIS will be available from 1 Feb 00.  Comments on the EIS
> are due by 1 Mar 00.
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> Chris
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