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  • TomMelaide@aus.social
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    2 years ago

    @ajsadauskas @AgreeableLandscape @RM_Transit What China has done is incredibly interesting but largely only works because they don’t currently have said rail networks. In Australia we do, everywhere, and they are generally historic corridors with the greatest density. In some places in Australia i.e. Sydney where the Bankstown conversion is occurring it shows it can be done, but is is expensive and time consuming for a plan to run them at frequencies that are easily achieved by suburban railways.

      • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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        2 years ago

        @L0v3l4ce @AussieWirraway @AgreeableLandscape @RM_Transit I guess my big question is what sorts of cost benefits would flow from standardisation?

        Imagine Australia used a common standard nationwide for gauge, voltage, signalling system, etc.

        Presumably, that would make it cheaper and more efficient to roll out new railways.

        There would probably also be cost savings when ordering new rolling stock if all Australian states used trains built to a common set of standards. (Think a joint order for new suburban trains for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.)

        Certainly, there would be benefits in modernising Australia’s train systems in terms of reliability, service frequency, and amenities.

        Over the span of, say, 30 or 40 years, would those cost savings from greater efficiency outweigh the costs of standardisation and modernisation?