Re: Box Hill Tram update

["James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au>]

> >
> > Report in today's rag of last Tuesday's community meeting on the Mont
Albert to Box Hill tram extension says that construction will commence from
the Mont Albert end in June - and will take about 1 YEAR to complete.
>
> Oh shit. That puts off my visit for nine months. So much for September
> 2000.
>
> At least the delay means the new Citadis trams will be running the whole
> route by the time the extension opens.
>
> Since when did it take A YEAR to lay 1.5 km of tram track? Even in the
> days of doing it by hand they could lay much more than this in just a
> few months....   even the cable track didn't take that long to install
> and it was done by hand and was far more complicated than laying a
> double set of rails in flush concrete in a street and stringing wires
> from the roadside power poles.

I was thinking of the same thing this morning. Sydney's tram line extension
to Lilyfield took much less time then this short estension. (even take
consideration of construction carry out on main street versus railway right
of way).

Cheers
James



> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand