Re: Capacity to handle humungous crowds

[Dave McL <davemcl@iprolink.co.nz>]

David Proctor wrote:
 
> Dave McL wrote in message <350DC580.6DD5@iprolink.co.nz>...
> 
> >> Weekday rail traffic is roughly 1 million return journeys, say
> >>500,000 people (270 million per year, incl. Sat/Sun).  It seems to
> >>stretch the system
> >
> >Very impressive figures. Melbourne rail traffic is what?  About 100
> >million a year? Yet Melbourne has more rail lines than Sydney.
> 
> Thats news to everyone - it depends what you define as a rail line.
> 
> In terms of the numbers of lines and terminii, Melbourne does indeed have
> more lines - but in terms of the complexity of the system, Sydney is a much
> bigger system - two ways to get to Hornsby, three to get to Liverpool, four
> to Campbelltown, all of the cross-suburban links (Campbelltown - St Marys,
> etc)
> 
> I dont think that ANYONE could honestly say that Melbourne has more than
> Sydney of ANYTHING when it comes to railways (except maybe level crossings).


In all seriousness, I took the Sydney ridership figures as accurate and 
impressive.

Can anyone tell me how many passengers/year the Sydney trains and buses 
carry, compared with the Melbourne trains/buses/trams?

 
Dave McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand