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Yikes! New data has proven that Melburnians want the Airport Rail Link way more than the Metro Tunnel (www.timeout.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Baku to c/melbournetrains

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[–] pupbiru 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i’ve always kinda thought that putting trams in a loop around the rail lines would be cool… make it like a web

id prefer more trams to busses any day of the week

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Cool idea! Could probably go a long way to de-car-ifying the 'burbs too.

Maybe some of those bus-tram hybrid systems instead?

The problem I have with trams is their inflexibility ... shifting a line is a bit of work because of the tracks (though they're probably more environmentally friendly)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

that'd be cool but trams can't have that high of a top speed bc of their wheels optimised for sharp turns, so idk if they'd be a good replacement for the 90x series (the orbital buses)