4K cab view - Sydney Light Rail L2 Randwick Line Randwick to Circular Quay

The CBD and South East Light Rail is a partly-opened Australian light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, running from Circular Quay at the northern end of the central business district to the south-eastern suburbs of Randwick and Kingsford. It is part of Sydney's light rail network. Major construction commenced in October 2015. The project is being managed by Transport for NSW.
Passenger services between Circular Quay and Randwick, known as the L2 Randwick Line, commenced on 14 December 2019.
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[@AmbientWalking]

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[@Mikun007]

2019年8月にシドニーのWynyard駅近くのホテル（バー）に滞在した時は、George St.はまだ軌道の工事中でした。架線は最後に張るのかなと思ってましたが、サードレールとは驚きました。次に行った時はぜひ乗車したいです。シドニーの地下鉄もトラムも車内放送や表示がきちっとされているので、初めてでも乗りやすいのが良いです。 チャンネル登録させていただきました。

[@barrypurslow8320]

Very slow operation. Traffic light priority needs to be incorporated throughout. The trams should have the right away at minor intersections. Otherwise a great system with lots of potential.

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Yes, micromanaged with too many traffic lights and speed restrictions. It is certainly not a free flowing system like a European or Melbourne network. The double shuffle through the city centre is also a big time waster. There should be a 'TRTS' tram ready to start sensor at the stop so the driver can 'request' a clear traffic light prior to moving off from the station stop. We had them in Birmingham UK and the system worked well.

[@maxvandenberg955]

@@GaryNumeroUno I agree. But it seems to have improved quite a bit. The speed restriction from Randwick to UNSW High Street is ridiculous. Same goes for George St (15 km/h) and the gate at Randwick. Up till Central. No traffic lights are necessary there, just a give way sign. Though it is a system with a lot of potential and it is not completely terrible. Even without TRTS it could be improved. I think the journey can be cut by about 7-10 mins depending on traffic. A 34-minute journey is much more acceptable for a passenger. Would you agree?

[@willybus]

Great video. This trains Very slow

[@user-dy7fz2yp7w]

Direct connection from overhead line current collector to third rail ground level power supply! Sydney Light Rail L2 Randwick → Circular Quay all sections

[@AndrewCalvin]

It's great how the buses are faster than the tram.

[@kishascape]

Dude, a bicycles is faster than this piece of garbage.

[@michaeleverett1479]

@@kishascape Tram/ light rail is a scam from the rail industry. Even the crappy O'bahn/ guided busway in Adelaide from TTP to Adelaide CBD takes 20 minutes for a 12 km end to end trip. It's quite unbelievable to why a tram system in Sydney can be so much worse than a crappy guided busway in Adelaide. I have hopes that the O'bahn or bus industry rubbish in Adelaide gets replaced with much higher capacity suburban or metro train. Just laugh at the O'bahn as a bus must never be used for backbone or high capacity public transport route. www.railpage.com.au/f-t11354396.htm www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2020/adelaide-o-bahn-far-more-efficient-than-citys-rail-network/

[@m921320]

街がスッキリして見えますね。

[@daciatravel.647]

Very good video! 👍👍📹🚋🚊

[@streetsofasia8895]

Aunz Railfan, I am always interested to the maximum extent to come to your channel and watch fully the latest contents of your channel, where you show us the rail-related scenics of different countries, this time it's Australia.

[@anguscovoflyer95]

Has the light rail improved much since it opened?

[@maxvandenberg955]

Yes apparently they already removed 10 minutes from the total travel time. Timetable says it should be possible to do it 34 mins. And I think that is possible as well if they start removing unnecessary speed restrictions and traffic lights.

[@LWJ2024]

Did that tram go through a red

[@Delta-pantages]

How can this sytem be sustained without an increase in line speed? They need to atttract passengers, not deter them.

[@yudhisr]

I didn't see any overhead lines starting from QVB

[@M3GASIMS]

Overhead stops at Town hall and replaced with ground third rail from there until Circular Quay

[@Delta-pantages]

Pointless.

[@shane80002007]

When was this filmed?

[@harrygoldun5779]

That’s what I would like to know too. If recently, still painfully slow.

[@kishascape]

@@harrygoldun5779 Even in the 1800s this would still be too slow.

[@maxvandenberg955]

@@harrygoldun5779 Well there was no L3 yet so... before the L3 opened.

[@radosawaczak7840]

What country is it in ???

[@sseekakaeo4302]

Sydney Light Rail in Australia

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Why does the announcement always say "This stop is..." prior to arriving. It should be saying, 'The next stop is...' Needs some fine tuning.

[@harrygoldun5779]

It's Sydney, nothing makes sense with their public transport systems.

[@joscallinet6260]

This light rail service is too painfully slow to compete with driving a car or even taking the bus. Why did they build this?

[@joscallinet6260]

@Dave Tempe Read the other comments here! I am NOT the only one who finds the tram is too slow. Look at Andrew Calvin's, 'willybus's' and 'covoflyer's' comments. Covoflyer's asking if the light rail has improved at all since it opened parallels my own vivid impression that the Sydney Light Rail was EXCRUCIATINGLY slow and TIMIDLY OPERATED right when it first opened! (now it has improved to where it is merely "PAINFULLY" slow!) LOL It is a high-quality installation, however - I just wish it would take better advantage of what it has to offer. A good start would be to give it priority at major intersections. It's being treated the same as if it were some old, slow bus.

[@harrygoldun5779]

Isn’t it funny how touchy the locals get over their prized world beating snail rail system. 45 minutes to travel around 10 Kim’s is pathetic, was interested too in finding out when this was filmed as it’s claimed it does it in around 38 minutes, which is still too slow. That “ dickwad” obviously hasn’t been to Melbourne to see how a real tramway works and efficiently at that.

[@kishascape]

Seriously. Slow, bloated, stopping starting varying speed too much. All that wasted space and ugly outdated overhead wires creating radio interference and making ugly skylines and neighborhoods. Even a bicycle would be better than this garbage. What a joke!

[@harrygoldun5779]

@Dave Tempe, everyone is of the same opinion that it is too slow, seriously look at some cab ride videos in real time of the Melbourne system, with street running and in reservations the trams are quicker even doing, shock horror 60 to 70 klms in safe zones, contrast that in similar zones with the 40 or on one ocassion 50 kms

[@harrygoldun5779]

Even look how they cross with.the L1 at Haymarket, careful, don't go over 20kms as the wheels will fall of. Pathetic really, that ain't no world class transport mode, it's a joke!!

[@user-dy7fz2yp7w]

Прямое соединение от сбора воздушной линии до наземного сбора на третьем пути! Сиднейский легкорельсовый транспорт L2 Landwick → Все участки Circular Key

[@anmolmehta7116]

Great video. However, one thing I have noticed is that downtown Sydney is quite crowded and that hardly any people (if any) are wearing masks. It is not that the threat of corona is over. It is better to be safe and continue taking all safety precautions against the virus. After all, one should not just get careless and get carried away. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@M3GASIMS]

This was definitely recorded before the pandemic because there are certain changes on the roads that have been implemented just before COVID started that I’ve noticed aren’t there in this video.

[@user-jd2ky3zf7n]

低床車同士の連結って日本じゃ考えられないよなぁ

[@N--T]

日本は30メートルルールがありますので。

[@RoboJules]

A light rail system is pretty useless when you're outpaced by a bus.

[@michaeleverett1479]

So true, average speed matters in any public transport mode and needs to be reasonable to use for its distance and locations served.

[@michaeleverett1479]

The Sydney tram/ light rail is so garbage and pointlessly expensive at $3 billion with crazy cost blowouts. It has taken 45 minutes just to travel 11 km. Hardly world class public transport by normal standards. Even a fit cyclist can travel substantially faster than this snail oversized Sydney tram on a grade separated bike path. The tram route in Sydney should have been a fully elevated (fully grade separated) bi directional monorail instead with large trains and elevated stations.