We are an alliance of community groups fighting massive overdevelopment and the privatisation of our train services in the Sydenham to Bankstown corridor in Sydney, Australia
ABC News story exposing the astroturf group "Locals for Metro Southwest" as property developers from Double Bay (July 2020)
Read the ABC News article about the "Locals for Metro Southwest" exposed as property developers.
No sane Government would cannibalise two existing heavy rail lines with high quality double deck trains and convert them to a single deck metro with less than half the number of seats. This is happening in Sydney with the Epping to Chatswood Line and the Sydenham to Bankstown Line being consumed into Sydney Metro.
It’s not too late to cancel the Metro Southwest and build the Metro South: Miranda instead. The Metro Southwest would divert the current end at Sydenham (away from the Bankstown Line) to Miranda, via San Souci and Taren Point.
We support the EcoTransit proposal for Metro South: Miranda.
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ABC News story on the lack of infrastructure to support growth in the Sydenham to Bankstown corridor (July 2017)
LATEST NEWS:
25 September 2024: Statement regrading Sydenham to Bankstown shutdown from 30 September 2024
19 August 2024: Statement regarding the Opening of Sydney Metro City services
28 March 2024: NSW Government distracted by Property Development ahead of Transport Planning
5 May 2021 - Broken government promise for wasteful Metro project to inconvenience a million commuter trips during winter
21 April 2021 - Canterbury Park Racecourse a Rare Opportunity to Create a “Centennial Park” of the Inner West
9 October 2020 - Inner West and Canterbury-Bankstown Residents Renew Calls to Stop Metro
13 October 2019 - Our submission to NSW Parliament inquiry
21 June 2018 - Not enough time to assess line closure reshuffle
21 October 2017 - Metro construction impacts all pain and no gain: media release
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KEY POSITION PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS
Any other time savings are derived from automation or improved signalling, can be applied equally to single-deck Metro or double-deck trains.
Transport economist Neil Douglas, who has conducted extensive research for the NSW Government, puts the practical capacity at 1,400 for double-decker trains and 1,120 for single-deck Metro.
Dr Phillip Laird, a rail transport expert at the University of Wollongong, says double-deckers are better for long distances, while single-deckers are better for short trips within the CBD and to the airport.
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