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Hey @RM_Transit not sure if you're aware but nsw trainlink who run the syd-Melb xpt have placed an order to replace the xpts and it doesn't include sleeper carriages. I think that would've been worth including in your vid because it really kicks the can on expanding sleeper service another 30 years down the road. It's not insurmountable, but it's difficult to see expanding sleeper service as a viable way fwd when we have brand new carriages that don't have that function.
I think a bit of advocacy and awareness around that issue would be helpful!
@RM_Transit @jedsetter @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Great video but sadly there's no political will to do any of it. This is particularly worrisome given the planned population growth along those corridors around Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
@paulwallbank @RM_Transit @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars yeah in terms of dealing with the actual grinding reality the best shot is improving run times and upping trainlink frequencies. vline style. focus on building patronage on the north coast and Canberra runs in particular, city to city traffic will come after.
@jedsetter @RM_Transit @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars the first steps would surely be to get modern train speeds and frequencies along existing corridors. Routes like Newcastle- Sydney are currently a joke in terms of speed (v-line is no better).
@paulwallbank @RM_Transit @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars they're much better in the sense that they've making sustained progress on both of those goals.
@RM_Transit @jedsetter @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars For sure, but the only way I see political will for decent regional and high speed railway appearing in Australia is if the major political parties get their butts kicked in the next few elections. Even then, any politician that pushes it (who I'd vote for BTW), would be mocked by the main stream media who are totally car focused.
As much as I'd love to see it happen, I just can't see the Australian establishment supporting it.
@RM_Transit @paulwallbank @jedsetter @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Yes but all the relevant infrastructure is owned by the ARTC, which is a freight railway focused organization still drowning in the Melbourne to Brisbane inland rail project that was designed, yes really, on Google Maps (to get it approved before it could be realized as a boondoggle).
Also owned by the federal government who don't do passenger rail funding (essentially) and not the individual states that provide public transport.
@RM_Transit @paulwallbank @jedsetter @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I agree it can, but it’s fickle, unpredictable and unreliable. True growth comes from culture change. The downside is culture change takes time (a wise person I once worked with taught me that any worthwhile culture change will take 7 years). However, it does happen, and it has happened in my lifetime - even in community attitudes to public transport.
@RM_Transit @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars meh sadly not so crazy. just business as usual for an agency that is focused on reducing costs rather than improving service/increasing revenue.
I've been on that many sold out trains this summer and yet the new order is just replacing rolling stock at roughly the same quantities.