First look at Sydney’s new Airport Metro
I like the features onboard like real time flight arrivals and departures as well as the shared space for bikes, mobility scooters prams and wheel chairs with straps.
Our trains should be shared spaces as well with priority for wheelchairs and prams when needed. It just makes more sense to do it that way.
Itll be interesting to see how many of these features the QTMP trains have.
Key Quotes
“We can’t afford another Metro”
“Would take at least 15 years until another one”
“$1 billion is a drop in the ocean, Sydney to Parramatta cost $25 billion”
But the same amount in new toll roads we can afford!!! It’s progress
I was just in Sydney this week and rode the metro from Martin Place to Crows Nest then back to Barangaroo. Frequency is great at every 5 mins during the day. No overcrowding, air conditioning good, acoustics A1 (stations very quiet), excellent lighting and accessibility to the platforms/surface levels and excellent voice over announcements. I really like Barangaroo Station as well as it takes you to the waters edge where you can walk/cycle along the new trail back to Cockle Bay and to Circular Quay, via Walsh Bay.
P.s. Fare gates are unattended yet everyone taps on and off. They are likely AI monitored though (efficiency all round). 
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But a bus is cheater to implement!! The business case says so!! Sarcasm 1000% intended.
Designs approved for new metro stations
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