Canberra Light Rail Vlog 1: A Look at Canberras Light Rail System

[@TxtalArmi]

I love this new series, hope more come in the future.

[@civities]

Ooh first Canberra vlog 👀

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Hopefully more to come down the track with the extension of their Light Rail line :)

[@Cullerin112]

​@sydneytrainsvlogs stage 2a is going to be wireless, they're equipping the trams with batteries

[@davidlang1125]

I’m enjoying your videos showing rider experience on the various transit systems.

[@qi-yf7tl]

Woooo Canberra

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

😊

[@ec7152]

Glad you took advantage of the free travel

[@DirtyBlueshirtAU]

Love your videos... love it even more when I can spot my apartment in one 🤣

[@SamSitar]

their light rail looks great.

[@ALxdCr4ftPlays]

I use the DJI wireless mic, very light and small, and is compatible with my phone (S22 Ultra) and DJI Osmo Action 4/Pocket 3. Love Sydney Australia public transport, sooo much cheaper than what they charge here in NZ.

[@dulcinealee3933]

I went on this recently over the long weekend. Annoying wraps around the exteriors of carriages blocking views through windows. Love tge lotyle screens in each corner so you can always see where you are heading . Mist interesting stops Epic Racecourse and Sanford Street ( lightrail depot). Full 30 minute ride on my KZbin channel. Noted how doors opened at some station on left and some on right. Most of tge route dead straight until before Epic where there is a short turn. Gungahlin Place end of line got off had a look around a snack & returned back to Canberra City. Only 30 mins but seems so fat from Canberra City feels as if in outer Western suburbs of Sydney.

[@nickshen2318]

wow

[@Cringe69.]

hey phill great work keep it up :)

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Hey :) Thank you :)

[@Roadrunnerz45]

about time canberra!

[@RealVoltageVortex]

Hi Phil just went on the light rail today (Release date of the video) from Gungahlin Place to Alinga Street, the light rail is very convenient in only takes around 25 minutes from one terminus to the other!

[@TomHommus]

You can literally make it to Woden from gunners by using your car in that timeframe tram is too slow.

[@RealVoltageVortex]

@@TomHommus No the tram can go from Gungahlin place to Alinga Street in 25 minutes compared to car which is only 20 minutes only a 5 minute difference and compared to if that route was busses it would take 1 hour😂 And the tram has to stop at all the stops if the car did the winner would be tram because of faster acceleration. The tram has to stop at all the stops if the car did the winner would be tram because of faster acceleration. Also why are you talking about Woden this is the tram that goes from Gungahlin place to Alinga street it is only going to Woden in stage 2B

[@TomHommus]

@@RealVoltageVortex sure the car is 20 mins but my alot of my ex colleagues don't even bother. Parking is cheap and they can go anywhere anytime and not be bound by a timetable. So in order for public transport to succeed you will need either expensive parking, traffic jams or your public transport needs to be faster. 25mins for 12km is pitifully slow. If they get it down to 20km it would be more competitive. And the reason why I'm talking about woden is because in a few decades it will be extended there and I can tell right now before they even build it it's not competitive with the buses they plan to replace let alone the car. Realistically for a city of Canberra's area you need something like a light metro to make it work. Trams are just too slow for a complete trip across the city it's more suited for final mile journeys

[@RealVoltageVortex]

@@TomHommus It is competitive because parking is expensive it is at least 100 dollars a month compared to with the tram around 50 - 70 and you would have to pay to get a car so tram would be better for 20-40 age wise and in peak hours the tram is every 4 minutes is that not enough! That is a great timetable!

[@wongkst25419]

Considerably faster than the trams we have in Melb, and waaaAAAaaaaAaaay faster than Sydney ones

[@Cringe69.]

ohh Canberra

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

😊

[@akshatdeshmukh5819]

This has to be the fastest tram I have ever seen. Sydney seems much more chiller compared to this. This seems like a really good way to commute.

[@jdouble-l19978]

I went to Canberra and experienced the Canberra Light Rail back in early September 2022.

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Did you like it?

[@jdouble-l19978]

@sydneytrainsvlogs Yeah, it was interesting, but not too mind blowing because it's just light rail in a CBD like with Sydney and Newcastle.

[@wongkst25419]

20:01 Gungahlin Place has to be THE BEST LR station in all of Australia. Fun fact: it is perhaps the only railway station in the whole country where you can change platforms by passing through the train doors, I've been to Gungahlin a few years ago and could check it.

[@BinkBricks]

As someone from Canberra it’s nice to see you come down here. Hope you enjoyed our tram. Did you get any other videos in Canberra?

[@flamingfrancis]

A city that lends itself to services like this one. Great wide avenues with heaps of room, lots of cycleways that can be linked to. I'm sure they are planning more services throughout the Territory.

[@Object712]

I went on a tour last year and when I saw the Light rail I realised it was an Urbos 3 it was so cool

[@Baxiljn]

They are cool until they get withdrawn due to cracks

[@Skrealy_OSC]

A new series has begun...

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Indeed :)

[@johndwilson6111]

Canberra's Light Rail is built in reservations planned from long ago before the car became popular.

[@Angryetigaming]

Welcome to Canberra

[@geoffbrown7949]

@sydneytrainsvlogs huh, you were just outside my place in Gungahlin, normally I am watching you get around Sydney.

[@yousifplays8574]

I love Canberra

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

It’s a nice lil place :)

[@yousifplays8574]

Yea

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

:)

[@cooperjoop]

the first new series on the channel

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

That it is! :) I’ll do more when i can spend more time down in Canberra :)

[@AussieAF]

Yeh, our trams are so slow. Damn

[@RGC198]

Hi Phil, great video. When I was last in Canberra back in October 1977, Canberra only had buses. That new light rail line looks quite impressive. It certainly is something that has been needed in Canberra for a long time. Does Opal work there or do they have a separate fare system? Anyway, take care. Rob in Melbourne Australia.

[@lachlanmcgowan5712]

Canberra has its own travel card, called the MyWay, used for the light rail and buses. At the moment there is a brief free travel period as the territory is updating all the MyWay card readers to support paying directly with credit & debit cards. MyWay is unfortunately not supported by the private buses that run across the ACT/NSW border, so if you live in Queanbeyan or Murrumbateman and want to travel into Canberra by public transport, you will have to pay a lot more than you would from inside the ACT. (Lots of people from Queanbeyan drive in to an absolutely massive park & ride carpark just across the border, which feels like such a waste).

[@yousifplays8574]

I went Canberra yesterday’s

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

Oh cool! :)

[@yousifplays8574]

Thanks

[@sydneytrainsvlogs]

No worries :)

[@All_Stars_gamez123miku]

the start of a never ending series (sort of)

[@harrygoldun5779]

Great to see Canberra's Light Rail featured. Refreshing to see a tram system that actually has some speed behind it, unlike Sydney's pathetic Snail Rail.

[@Roadrunnerz45]

pop. 450K compared to 5.2mn. its different. what is great about their tram system is the design. not only urban design from platforms and tram but wayfinding. first time and the contractors did it right.

[@RailDoesTravel]

travelling on gold coast light rail made me realise just how slow sydney light rail is

[@Baxiljn]

*overcrowded

[@joshporter5422]

Comparing apples to oranges. Canberra + Gold Coast have wider/gentler curve radii and sizeable spacing between stops which guarantee’s faster line speeds. Their shorter vehicles can also accelerate quicker and exit out of curves considerably sooner.

[@harrygoldun5779]

@@joshporter5422 funny how an outdated system like Melbourne's with street running have trams travelling at 60kmh on certain stretches, even higher speeds on the outer sections. Snail rail has ample opportunities to do this, but signposted to 40 or 50 kmh is truly pathetic on a new system. Even the trams in Swanston St which is fully pedestrianised see them moving briskly.

[@arokh72]

I don't know the future plans for the LR in Canberra, but I feel it'd be good if it ran to the railway station and airport, to city centre, and the hospital at Woden.

[@lachd2261]

The eventual plan is to extend it to Woden

[@lachlanmcgowan5712]

Currently, "Stage 2A" is under construction, running from Alinga St Terminus south to the lake shore via the west half of Vernon Crct. Once that's done, "Stage 2B" will need to rebuild Commonwealth Ave bridge so it can hold trams, then it will run around State Cir (possibly underground), down Yarra Glen, and straight across the big roundabout to terminate on Callam St. Unfortunately Stage 2B will not go to the hospital because that would prevent a southern extension. The construction has been very, very slow and I don't like our odds of having Stage 2B finished before 2040. No official word on what Stage 3 would actually be. It could be Woden-Tuggeranong (straight down Athlon Dr from the Woden terminus) or Belconnen-Airport (probably using Belconnen Ave, Barry Dr, Constitution Ave and Morshead Dr -- hopefully the airport end can be integrated into the buildings somehow instead of just dumping people on the main road outside). The developers of the new suburbs around Coppins Crossing are also interested in getting a tram route from there to the city (no official route yet -- could be via William Hovell Dr & Parkes Way or via John Gorton Dr & Cotter Rd to join up at Yarra Glen), and the new Coppins Crossing Bridge will be built with provision for tram lanes. But given how long Stage 2 is taking, it's very possible that construction on future stages will never even start.

[@regfries8279]

2a and 2b should've been done already! Phase 3 feels like forever.

[@TomHommus]

I'd put it down to incompetence or corruption or both. This is also happening in Victoria with their SRL protracted timeframes But it's good for us because Sydney is building trams as well we need the people to work for us. Parra light rail stage 2 is going ahead soon

[@AdamsCarWashVids]

Hey just curious, would you be coming to the Renault farewell tour?

[@adaliagu574]

I am in Canberra

[@smithy2]

I havent used the light rail yet, kind of shameful for a train enthusiast really, you'll have to come back when stage 2 is done

[@ec7152]

travelled on the trams back in 2019 and the onboard announcements most annoying in the country- i see it hasnt changed. Still using college kids.

[@RailDoesTravel]

that guy smoking at the start

[@scottwilliam6141]

And?

[@jren1425]

The announcements with different voices are very annoying, unnecessary and unprofessional, which is exactly what I expect from the ACT government

[@ec7152]

they used college kids

[@jren1425]

@@ec7152 Yeah but they shouldn't