Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Sydney Metro Train

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro , https://www.sydneymetro.info/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYZw4mIWGA

https://www.sydneymetro.info/citysouthwest/project-overview

Train length
  • Sydney Metro North West, City and South West: 6 Carriages (with potential for 2 additional carriages to be added)
  • Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport: 3 or 4 carriages
Headway4 minutes (peak)
5-7 minutes (intra-peak)
10 minutes (off-peak)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Operations

"The Metro North West Line currently operates with 6-car trains running on 4-minute headways. After the addition of the Stage 2 extension to Bankstown, the stations’ platforms will be configured to allow for future use of 8-car trains and the signalling system designed to allow for 2-minute headways, both of which are planned to be introduced once increased patronage demands it. Eight-car trains have a design capacity of 1,539 customers and increasing the running frequency to ultimately 30 trains per hour (2-minute headway) would provide a maximum capacity of 46,170 passengers per hour per direction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Capacity

Unlike backward Greater Vancouver, Sydney makes it easier to have longer trains to better handle future capacity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro_Metropolis_Stock


Fortunately, Sydney builds to NSW standards, not the backwater standards of backwards BC.