Non Footy Chat Thread II

[Twizzle]

it seems pretty dumb to me that they are going to build the Western Sydney Airport without a rail link for the first 5 or so years.

Not sure what airlines are going to use the new runways, but it will be a nightmare to get out there for all but those who live in the south west.

If they were smart they would build a high speed dedicated line that splits to CBD, Hurstville, Parramatta and Chatswood.

They should take serious look at Hong Kong's set up. There you can check-in at their Central Station (There are actually 6 locations on HK Island and Kowloon that you can drop off your bags), leave your bags with the airline, and then go get lunch or do some shopping. When it's time to leave, you jump on the airport express and zip @ 130km/h out to the airport. With no bags to worry about, you then just need to clear immigration and jump on your plane.

My first thought as well but I assume its not affordable at this stage, it surely can be the only logical reason.

 

[Gronk]

 

[emjaycee]

it seems pretty dumb to me that they are going to build the Western Sydney Airport without a rail link for the first 5 or so years.

Not sure what airlines are going to use the new runways, but it will be a nightmare to get out there for all but those who live in the south west.

If they were smart they would build a high speed dedicated line that splits to CBD, Hurstville, Parramatta and Chatswood.

They should take serious look at Hong Kong's set up. There you can check-in at their Central Station (There are actually 6 locations on HK Island and Kowloon that you can drop off your bags), leave your bags with the airline, and then go get lunch or do some shopping. When it's time to leave, you jump on the airport express and zip @ 130km/h out to the airport. With no bags to worry about, you then just need to clear immigration and jump on your plane.

Current options being considered.

Source: http://www.westernsydneyrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/route-options

 

[Gary Gutful]

I have they have a spreadsheet with all of those options in it. Wouldn't want to forget one of them...

 

[emjaycee]

I have they have a spreadsheet with all of those options in it. Wouldn't want to forget one of them...

I thought the same thing... way too many options.
Though it is the government and something has to keep all those people in jobs.

 

[Incorrect]

I reckon out of all those options, the only one that'll end up happening will be Option 1, the rail link to Leppington... and it won't be done until 2050, and due to an engineering f**k up, the tracks will be half a foot closer together than all the other lines so a new fleet of trains will be needed to service it will go no further than Leppington.... On the plus side, it will be delivered under it's 3.8 trillion dollar budget....

 

[strider]

They should do
(1) - surely a link between the two airports is necessary if there is the possibilityof connecting flights being at different airports ... mind you it would probably be a 50+ min trip
(4 or 5) - western line hookup would link a large number of the sydney population

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I think roller coasters are massively undervalued as a form of public transport.

 

[strider]

I reckon out of all those options, the only one that'll end up happening will be Option 1, the rail link to Leppington... and it won't be done until 2050, and due to an engineering f**k up, the tracks will be half a foot closer together than all the other lines so a new fleet of trains will be needed to service it will go no further than Leppington.... On the plus side, it will be delivered under it's 3.8 trillion dollar budget....

Well on the plus side the 2050 timeline will probably come in a decade or 2 ahead of the actual completion date of the airport

 

[Gronk]

The rail study offers no date for rail access to the WSA. The capacity of the new WSA will increase gradually and rail access will be provided about the time that it's gridlock out there. Kinda like how they open a 4 lane freeway and expand it to 6 lanes only after people endure the shit fight for way too many f**king years.

This is from the discussion paper from the ^^ link.

 

[Gronk]

Well on the plus side the 2050 timeline will probably come in a decade or 2 ahead of the actual completion date of the airport

Jesus Christ I'm going to be a cranky old merkin in 2050.

 

[phantom eel]

They'd be very silly not to have already put away money (or be lining up a private public partnership deal) for the rail connection through Leppington (1) to be operational in time for the airport's opening.

And then connecting it as a loop to Blacktown (4) by 2050?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Bloody hell. You make one post that isn't about eggs and the thread completely derails.

 

[Incorrect]

Bloody hell. You make one post that isn't about eggs and the thread completely derails.

Well then get it back on track you.... you ..... you......

Sorry, was going to call you a derogatory name but I lost my train of thought....

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Lol

 

[84 Baby]

f**k you two just keep chugging along with puns don't you

 

[84 Baby]

Current options being considered.

Source: http://www.westernsydneyrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/route-options

You look at that map, pencil in the major roads and then you wonder just at what point the state government lost the plot. In the 70s this would have been a fairly decent skeleton for major city transport. 50 years on... FMD

 

[Incorrect]

f**k you two just keep chugging along with puns don't you

If you don't like it, you can choo-choo choose not to come in here and read....

Ralph Wiggum would like that one!

 

[84 Baby]

Options C, D & E shouldn't even be options

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Options C, D & E shouldn't even be options

It's difficult to gauge whether you're being serious now.