Re: Swanston Street Works

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Gareth Lumsden wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, John Wayman wrote:
>
> > There is probably room for trams to turn left into Victoria  Street, then
> > left again into Swanston Street, a nice little balloon loop,
>
> True, but Victoria St is an extremely busy road and It would disrupt the
> traffic flow a lot.  (All traffic lights along there are links together
> i.e. all red the same time, all green at the same time)
> One other 'problem' is that once the tracks begin to turn into Victoria St
> (from Swanston St), then it becomes Yaralla Trams network (and Swankston
> Trams are no allowed to touch this.
>
>

Not true.
Both Swanston St and Elizabeth St routes are Swanston Trams.
The nearest Yarra Trams route is La Trobe St.


John McCallum