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Other codes have now started pulling games too. It's the venues that aren't suitable.
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Other codes have now started pulling games too. It's the venues that aren't suitable.
Sydney FC had scheduled to play at Brookie this weekend but on Friday made the decision to switch it to Leichhardt.
The one at Nimes is in much better condition, and has a modern city built around it.
It would've been nice if what was put there last time could last a reasonable lifespan, which 30 years isn't, at least not if the public are being asked to pay for it.
What's wrong with it? Or is it just that they anticipate a larger crowd than it can accommodate?
Possibly, but with increased usage and poorer management from George's River Council, it begs the question how long suburban venues can sustain NRL clubs.
How can anyone possibly make allowances for advances in building technology etc in 20, 30 or 50... even 100 years time? Let's be realistic.
Is it really advances in building technology, or is it advances in fashion and public expectation? Houses 30 years old are not even mid-life.
Sydney's stretched rail network in store for $900m in new trains
By Matt O'Sullivan
6 February 2019 — 4:48pm
Record growth in passengers on Sydney’s stretched rail network has spurred the Berejiklian government to order an extra 17 new trains to cope with the "off-the-charts" demand.
The new batch of Waratah trains, which will be built in China, will cost the state about $900 million, which includes their ongoing maintenance. Once off the production line, the first of the 17 Waratah B-sets is due to begin running on the city's suburban network in August 2020.
The latest order comes as Sydney Trains has pressed into service half of the 24 Waratah B-sets ordered several years ago. The latter will allow the rail operator to retire four-decades-old S-Set trains – dubbed “sweat sets” because of their lack of airconditioning – by mid-year.
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the investment in the trains – noticeable for their orange driver cabins – was needed because of the rapid growth across the rail network.
“By bolstering our order by another 17 trains, we will make the network more reliable and more comfortable for our customers,” he said.
Sydney's 163-year-old train network is struggling under the demands of what the government describes as "an explosion in demand". Last year passengers took more than 413 million journeys on the rail system, up 38 per cent from 300 million in 2013.
And over the next three years a 21 per cent rise in annual passenger trips is forecast.
While the remaining S-Set trains will be retired in the coming months, Mr Constance said the "growth is so huge" that other old trains in the state's fleet, such as the silver K-Sets, would remain in service even when the extra Waratah trains arrive from next year.
"We are making the additional 17-train purchase, not on the basis to replace old trains; we're doing it on the basis of growth and growth only. At this stage there is no strategy to replace the K-Sets," he said.
"A hundred million passenger increase in a five-year period is off the charts, and that's what we've had to cater for."
Sydney Trains chief executive Howard Collins said the rail operator was working on plans to improve the reliability of the K-Set trains. "The good thing is those trains are airconditioned – that's why we've kept them," he said.
Under the original contract, the government has the option of purchasing another 28 eight-car trains from a consortium of China's CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles company and Australian engineering firm Downer EDI.
And while there will be slight changes to train services in the short term, Mr Constance said there would not be a major overhaul of the rail timetable until 2022 or 2023, following an upgrade to signalling. "We will see service adjustments, as you do with any timetable, but there will not be a major overhaul until we see the digitising of the network," he said.
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Not sure on what planet houses and stadia are comparable. Even then I doubt many houses built 30 years ago haven't had some kind of retrofit or renovation in that time. Hell, plenty are being knocked down in rows for big apartment blocks.
