I think like Minns, Haylen will also ignore these minor and belated RTBU shenanigans, and push through with their plans and current timeframes regardless.
I wouldn't be jumping at shadows or getting my knickers all twisted at every single comment or action a union takes... seems like they're living rent free in the brains of some - but not those in government!
For apiece of infrastructure that was opposed through its inception and building, the Transport Minister can’t get on tv enough extolling its virtues. For both sides, politics makes for strange bedfelllows
Excellent, we're in agrement.You'd hope that they will. I do as well.
Oh dear...I think you'll find that 2022 was under a previous government, that had absolutely no clue about how - let alone structures in place - to handle unions.But who is to say that the RTBU won't coerce the ETU to ban electrical contractors performing the electrical shutdown of the catenary works for example?
In 2022, during the "Year of the Strikes", pre-planned weekend shutdowns of the Bankstown Line for works for this metro conversion were continually cancelled at the last minute by the ETU, after months of planning for these works. These strikes have now contributed to the time delays for this line conversion, and now, they are trying to do the same.
The union(s) are just blackmailing the current Govt for obscene pay rise claims, and they don't give a shite about commuters and the NSW Govt budget which we taxpayers fund.
Agree. I'm glad we've got a better government at the helm now, and so there really is no need to have irrational worries about past history or whenever a union rep speaks. Let the ALP adults handle it all, and enjoy watching the shutdown/transfer proceed as planned.Instead, try and discuss this rationally.
1 million passengers every 5 days on one single automated line with no drivers or guards
As I've ben telling you every time you post hysterical union concerns, there's nothing to worry about - and Minns and Haylen will make it happen.It's amusing, although a plus, that this news item showed that Jo is so positive about the Bankstown T3 conversion.
Was never in doubtI have to say, I'm impressed that the Labor Govt has progressed with the current projects and have jumped on board.
More than a bit of credit to Andrew Constance is in order too.Thank goodness that Gladys stood her ground and had vision beyond anyone since Bradfield.
She was the one that insisted and converted this system from slow old double deckers to fast metro and instigated this rail generational change.
how do the new metro trains know when to leave the station ? like if someone is running for the train a guard can hold the train up for them
And just in case people from outside of Sydney haven’t seen this there are two sets of doors you have to get through to get on the train. The first set of doors is on the platform edge and the next set of doors is on the train itself.Haha! A guard holding a train up for passengers running for it is what stuffs up timetables. 20th century stuff.
These trains don't wait for passengers. They are automated. They don't have timetables.
And just in case people from outside of Sydney haven’t seen this there are two sets of doors you have to get through to get on the train. The first set of doors is on the platform edge and the next set of doors is on the train itself.
So most people are going to get caught in the station side doors and not the train side doors
I’m also very much hoping that the big hole outside of BankWest/CommBank Stadium is going to be for a metro station when the Western Metro gets put through
I’m also very much hoping that the big hole outside of BankWest/CommBank Stadium is going to be for a metro station when the Western Metro gets put through
Yeah, then it’s gonna run pretty much south of the river all the way to Westmead but I would’ve preferred it to go from that big place near the old Peter Wynns to stadium to WestmeadThe Parramatta Metro station is going to be where that huge building site is in Church st opposite where the old Peter Wynns used to be.