Testing, new PIDs and two seat journeys depending on your destination in the CBD.
Not sure why two-seat journeys are so controversial. Sydney has been doing it for decades. T1/T9 don’t do the city circle, and only T4/M1 does Martin Place.
We will have a similar situation in Brisbane when CRR opens, with passengers on CRR lines transferring at Albion or Roma St to access Central/Fortitude Valley/Bowen Hills, and vice-versa for non-CRR lines heading to CRR stations (Woolloongabba, Albert St, & Exhibition).
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^^I’ve also mentioned this on the CRR thread.
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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/
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The Melbourne Metro Tunnel project has encountered an issue where new station platforms were built at a height that doesn’t align with the train floors, particularly for wheelchair users. This discrepancy creates a gap that can make it difficult or hazardous for people with mobility aids to board and exit trains. Herald Sun.
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^ 3AW
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EXCLUSIVE: Metro Tunnel is opening early. Not next month - this month, on Sunday 30 November.
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Allegedly more complex than CRR yet somehow the metro tunnel is opening early while CRR is delayed til 2029 
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Melbourne is all set for the opening of Metro Tunnel! They have had to counter similar issues to Cross River Rail but have managed to keep on track, so well done. I think there will be sizeable crowds tomorrow checking it out, and the new stations.
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The Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens today. Here’s what you need to know
The Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens today. Here’s what you need to know - ABC News
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Been interesting following on social media the commencement of services. Seems to gone off reasonably well although some issues. A train didn’t align with the platform screen doors at Anzac, overshot. Some escalators have failed. There was a fire alarm near the tunnel entrance at South Yarra, which resulted in some delays while checked out by the Fire Services. Other than that lots of travellers about.
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One function which is useful now in the underground stations is that the screen door PIDs show individual carriage capacity.
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‘Bloody amazing’: Metro Tunnel opens to huge crowds, minor hiccups
The opening of Melbourne’s new $15 billion cross-city rail line, the Metro Tunnel, attracted huge crowds on Sunday, marking the biggest upgrade to the city’s public transport system since the City Loop opened nearly 45 years ago.
Minor hiccups, including malfunctioning platform screen doors and escalators, and a false fire alarm, did not deter the thousands of Victorians who squeezed onto the inaugural trains through the tunnel and into the five new inner-city underground stations.
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Daniel Bowen: Metro tunnel opening day!
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Yes, noted that. Good move, hopefully help to reduce dwell times. I wonder if something similar can be done for our PSDs.
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I doubt any of our rolling stock has the ability to actually measure passenger load (which you’d obviously need to make this happen). I know in Sydney the train carriages have pressure sensors on the suspension airbags, which they can use to calculate the total weight of the passengers, and from that how full it is. From what I can see online the HCMTs in Melbourne have a similar weight-sensing feature. In order to do it here I suspect we’d need to retrofit something like this tech onto the NGR & QTMP trains.
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I was under the impression the NGRs have door counters - I might be wrong. (I’m pretty confident the trams have them.)
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NGRs do indeed have door-mounted passenger counters.
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They do, and they also have weight measurement systems for things like capacity indicators, à la Sydney Trains.
(This was told to me by the NextThere devs, who also offer their services to QR.)
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