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u/Song_Youwen — 3 days ago
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Mildura Pax Rail? Phase 1?
As an initial stage for restoring passenger rail to Mildura, a standard-gauge VLocity could first operate between Maryborough and Mildura. Passengers could then change at Maryborough onto the existing services to Southern Cross, Ballarat, or other destinations.
It wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it could be a practical first step. A 10–15 minute buffer could be built into the timetable at Maryborough, so if the Mildura service is running late, the connecting train could simply depart later.
Routing passengers via Ararat and Geelong Region (SG line) would involve a much longer distance and journey time. Even after allowing for the interchange at Maryborough, the direct Mildura–Maryborough option would still be considerably more efficient.
u/Song_Youwen — 7 days ago
Ask about Port Hastings' Rail link
Hi guys, I want to ask how Melbourne's New port link to current freight network, because there are not a lot of places for brand new rail corridor, and current one is not SG (1435mm).
This is the current plan, bit confused by the Blue rail: Current Hastings rail is BG (1600mm), "Potential additional rail network access via the Cranbourne Line from South Dandenong" ,Cranbourne Line is also BG...
Please help me figure it out, thanks!!
u/Song_Youwen — 7 days ago
Adelaide traffics
| Rank | Road / corridor | Why it gets congested |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Rd (before T2D opens) | Adelaide's main north-south arterial, carrying enormous traffic volumes and mixing through traffic with local access, intersections and construction. South, Marion and Goodwood Roads collectively carry 120,000+ vehicles/day. The T2D project exists largely because this corridor is overloaded. |
| 2 | Main N Rd | Major northern approach to the CBD, with heavy commuter traffic and numerous signalised intersections. The Main North/Regency intersection alone carries about 70,000 vehicles/day, while five Main North Road intersections appeared in Adelaide's top ten serious-crash hotspots. |
| 3 | NE Rd | The principal corridor from Adelaide's north-east into the CBD. Heavy peak-direction traffic, many signalised intersections and limited alternative routes make congestion propagate quickly. It was also among Adelaide's historically most delayed corridors. |
| 4 | Marion Rd | A major north-south route through densely developed suburbs. It carries very high traffic and has major bottlenecks at intersections such as Sturt Road and Anzac Highway. DIT includes Marion Road within the corridor carrying over 120,000 vehicles/day collectively with South and Goodwood Roads. |
| 5 | Goodwood Rd | Dense suburban development, frequent intersections, shopping activity and large volumes of cross traffic. Infrastructure Australia's modelling ranked it #2 for AM peak delay and #2 for PM peak delay among Adelaide's major corridors. |
| 6 | Fullarton Rd | Particularly bad because it funnels east-west/north-south commuter movements through a relatively constrained urban corridor. It was actually Adelaide's #1 most delayed corridor in both AM and PM peaks in Infrastructure Australia's modelling. |
| 7 | Anzac Hwy | Heavy CBD–airport–southern suburbs traffic, numerous intersections and significant interaction with South Road, Marion Road and local streets. It was in the historical top ten for both AM and PM congestion, and current T2D works are specifically addressing bottlenecks around its South Road connection. |
| 8 | Unley Rd / Belair Rd | Narrower, highly urbanised corridors with lots of side-road access, commercial frontage, parking and signalised intersections. The combined corridor ranked #6 AM and #4 PM in Infrastructure Australia's delay modelling. |
| 9 | Payneham Rd | A major east-west commuter corridor with substantial peak-direction demand and lots of intersections. The combined corridor ranked #4 AM and #3 PM for congestion-related delay. |
| 10 | Magill Rd | Heavy commuter flow between the eastern suburbs and CBD, constrained urban geometry and numerous signalised intersections. It ranked #3 AM and #6 PM in the historical congestion modelling. |
u/Song_Youwen — 7 days ago
Underground Tunnel
I compared several proposed CBD underground heavy-rail concepts with my own network design.
Adelaide has discussed a CBD underground rail connection for decades, mainly because Adelaide Railway Station is currently the terminus for the major suburban rail lines and limits future capacity.
I put together four different concepts and would be interested to hear which one you think makes the most sense.
Plan 1 – NS CBD Loop
Links the Seaford and Flinders lines through a new underground CBD loop before returning to Adelaide Railway Station.
Plan 2A – CBD Loop
A new underground city loop connecting Adelaide Railway Station with the rail network somewhere north of Keswick Terminal, with a Y-shaped junction.
Plan 2B – Expanded Plan 2A
Adds another new line branching from Plan 2A, running across the CBD and providing connections towards the Airport and the Hills/Salisbury corridor via Klemzig.
My Plan – North-South Through Tunnel
A roughly 9 km north-south underground connection from somewhere north of Millswood through Unley and the CBD to Ovingham. New Platform is not under the Station, it's at Bank St, So it can make more platform clear for future HSR.
Which plan would you choose, and what would you change?
First time in Reddit, please let me know what I can improve.
u/Song_Youwen — 8 days ago