dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Dangerous level crossings are a roading problem, not a railway issue, and all that removing a railway - or any form of public transport - from the centre of a city achieves is a reduction in access, a reduction in pedestrians and shoppers, etc. I won't hold my breath about the light rail getting off the ground, though if it happens that sounds like it would be rather good. It just boggles my mind that Newcastle (and Wodonga) are pursuing this furphy of removing rail from the central city at the same time as hundreds of cities worldwide are trying, at great expense, to reverse their awful 1960s-70s public transport decisions. You just have to look at New Zealand to see how disastrous this is, from Auckland's recent monumental costs to restore central city rail access to Christchurch no longer having any suburban rail at all thanks to abandoning their inner city terminus and lacking the funds to restore it.
Of course, there's a personal interest here given I'm dependent on public transport and wouldn't mind being able to easily access central Newcastle if I get the job.
Haha, well, I wasn't going to say it...! Though close to Sydney is a positive for me in the sense that any band touring Australia will at least visit Melbourne and Sydney, so I would want to be close or in one of them. It's amazing how many smaller bands don't even bother with Brisbane, let alone anywhere else.
And as somebody who complains about Melbourne being too hot but comforts himself by looking north and saying "it could be worse", I'm not sure the climate aspect is a positive.
I think the only way the rail closure will get off the ground is if light rail is green lighted. And it is a vastly expanded light rail network, the and actually look good
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