Australia’s First Automated Metro

[@shawnd-v1660]

Fun fact, the escalators at Central are actually the longest in the southern hemisphere

[@Thom-TRA]

I definitely believe it!

[@Trainsaregreat365]

​@@Thom-TRA yea

[@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina]

Do you realise the southern hemisphere is not a thing. New Zealand is hardly in a position to compete and south Africa is going backwards. That leaves bankrupt Argentina and Brazil and chile. Thanks for coming

[@Thom-TRA]

@ an Australian denying the southern hemisphere is definitely a new one for me.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@Thom-TRA yea

[@blxvkpxndx]

This metro is really ambitious, im honestly Impressed. I hope the Ontario line in Toronto even half as beautiful.

[@Thom-TRA]

I’m excited for that line!

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Yes, it is - New South Wales spared no expense and I think they got their money's worth! ☺️

[@trainzandplanes522]

It would be my dream to try Australia's first automated Metro system. It looks way better than US standards BY FAR.

[@juliegraham7109]

They are building new metro line out to the new Western Sydney International Airport .

[@Thom-TRA]

Yes! Looking forward to it

[@marcelwiszowaty1751]

Nice video and introduction to the Sydney Metro system. You succinctly and comprehensively explained its history... nicely done! It's also worth noting that a section of the initial phase of the line utilised track previously served by Sydney Trains (from Epping to Chatswood)

[@Thom-TRA]

You’re right!

[@davinp]

The Washington DC Metro is staring to turn automatic train operations back on after being turned off since 2009

[@ostkkfmhtsh012345678]

Though technically, it's not unattended/remote driverless like with the #SydneyMetro.

[@theozziepotato]

I'm from Melbourne and I would love to visit the Sydney Metro soon. If you can you'll have to visit Melbourne's Metro Tunnel when it opens!

[@Thom-TRA]

I’ve been enjoying seeing videos about it!

[@KyrilPG]

That's great, and the massive, unobstructed vertical and non-vaulted volumes permitted in underground stations by Sydney's sandstone ground are really fantastic. In pretty much all cities where the ground is softer or waterlogged, they'd need buttresses everywhere to maintain these large vertical open volumes in non-vaulted stations. They really took great advantage of the much more favorable soil conditions to create stunning unobstructed volumes in underground stations. Now they just need to fine-tune the line's autopilot system to remove the little delays to open the doors after arriving in stations, before departing when the doors are closed, etc.

[@Thom-TRA]

I miss the days in college where I took geology and had all this knowledge ready

[@njz1]

Amazing video! This is my local system, so I have a few more interesting mentions. Rather then regional rail, Sydney Trains is what we call in Australia 'Suburban Rail' It is the standard in australia and is the style of system used in every major Australian City. Sydney's regional rail system is called the Intercity network, run by nsw trainlink instead of sydney trains, the same operator's as all the diesel lines down to Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. Originally, the section of the metro between Epping and Chatswood was built in the 2000s to serve Sydney Trains, however the steep gradients and tight turns meant it was slow and inneficient. This lead to the proposal to turn it into Sydney Metro, in combination with a new section of line to the hills district. This opened in 2019 and is called Sydney Metro Northwest. It uses 1500v dc electrification, the same as sydney trains and our electric intercity lines. This is why the new-built sydney metro city uses 1500v dc instead of the newer more effecient 25kv ac (being used on Sydney Metro West and Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport, both brand new lines under construction that are not using any existing lines). The M1 City and Northwest is also being extended to Bankstown along the ancient Sydney Trains Line, now under conversion. This difference does mean that the lines cannot be linked in future and that rolling stock has to be different (not that big of a deal but not ideal either) Overall Sydney Metro is just about the greatest project in Sydney in the last 50 years, and i am excited to see it keep growing!

[@Thom-TRA]

In the US, regional rail is what you would call suburban rail. There is a distinct term for intercity rail.

[@jacktattersall9457]

@@Thom-TRA Australia is weird in that what they call regional rail (as in change for NSW TrainLink regional services) is actually intercity rail. I believe it is because regional in Australian parlance means rest of the state or "that which is NOT the capital".

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Nice one. Glad your brother enjoyed riding the Sydney Metro as much as I did! (Although it looks like he missed out on exploring some of the stations, which are marvels themselves)

[@Thom-TRA]

I think he wanted to do as much as he could before the end of the night

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

@ Yes, fair enough. Just means you’ll have to come Down Under to check out the stations yourself! 🤓

[@peterfrey6062]

beautiful stations!! what an awesome system. Thanks, Bear.(and Thom)

[@d8meister]

Thanks for another well researched video with great footage and commentary by Bear. Can't wait for more from down under .

[@GJ2024-indo]

I must say this is very delightful video. Iam a Sydneysider and I’m really enjoying somebody from outside our bubble giving this a good review.

[@Thom-TRA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beckysam3913]

the spacious stations and the color palette are really appealing, looks very pragmatic and functional and not dull. the grey seats in the metro cars are looking already aged, they should switch it to a darker jeansblue type color like in german regional trains have them, look fresh and timeless.

[@Thom-TRA]

Yeah tbh for an Alstom train it could look worse

[@patrickpirzer4080]

In Nuremberg they started with driverless metro in 2010 on the new line 3. Meanwhile the lines 1 and 2 were converted too.

[@awesomeman116a]

0:55 omg that announcement ding sounds like the one for GO Transit in Toronto!

[@DanTheCaptain]

Yes, I think we copied theirs but I could also just be part of some corporate sound package

[@jamesclark7266]

Tku for visiting us Dowunder. I use the Metro regularly to get around.

[@Thom-TRA]

That’s great! Do you like it?

[@Arse-v6v]

Beautiful Australia

[@Letsgobyland]

looks good! when we been in australia it wasnt there yet

[@Thom-TRA]

Hopefully you can go again soon!

[@dulcinealee3933]

First thing that caught my eye your KZbin channel name "Trains Are Awesome" they sure are totally!

[@Zuriki09]

The lack of north-south lines is incredibly frustrating as a Western Sydney resident. It makes some journeys nearly 4x longer than they should be. Bankstown to Hurstville for example is a nearly 2 hour train ride, but only a 15 minute drive. You may argue that is because of the metro conversion on that line, but that is only partly to blame because you still had to go all the way Sydenham in order to change lines. It's a wonder that Sydney even has decent trains at all though considering the local government is more interested in building the highest density of toll roads in the known universe.

[@Thom-TRA]

Let’s hope more crosstown lines are in store for the future

[@ck4426]

What an awesome video about an awesome train!!! Thanks once again to Bear for his footage and perspective!!! Awesome!!!

[@Thom-TRA]

He’s the best!

[@Trainsaregreat365]

I never thought i would hear thom say the word Brisbane

[@siccodierdorp6947]

Nice. I like the 'And remember.... trains are awesome, even in...' ending by the way

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

I love your new intro!

[@Thom-TRA]

Thanks!

[@josephpak4277]

I noticed the doors closing and opening alarm sounds are identical to the Hong Kong MTR

[@TheNakedWombat]

One of the criticisms of all this infrastructure development is that it's first being built in areas which aren't in areas with the highest population growth. Areas of Sydney which need future infrastructure the most to match population growth aren't seen as important enough because the electorates aren't wealthy enough in the eyes of politicians.

[@tacitdionysus3220]

I agree, but it seems to be changing with the new airport and associated metro providing a focus for western development.

[@TheNakedWombat]

@@tacitdionysus3220 The loudest criticism I've heard, comes from developers who argue that they cannot plan for the future without knowing where public transport infrastructure will be or even when, of if. The outer western suburbs would still not be on the radar if it weren't for the second airport, but left to ghetto because those living in the eastern and northern beaches of Sydney are too radiant in the moonlight to care.

[@teecefamilykent]

Brilliant video sir!

[@delibakerytravel]

You and Bear are so much alike. And that's a good thing. Happy Holidays To Both Of You!!🎄

[@Thom-TRA]

Haha, how so?

[@TheOneKEA]

@@Thom-TRA you have the same vocal timbre, the same accent and the same speaking cadence.

[@haj8579]

Sydney is surprisingly late for building its metro syetem. However, late is still better than never. Congrats Sydney.

[@marcopolo5157]

You do realise it's still light years ahead of America and Canada right?

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

Are you from another planet?

[@Nil-js4bf]

Compared to Japan, China, etc, it's long overdue but better late than never.

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

@@Nil-js4bf China and Japan needed this because their population is more dense than Australia's.

[@marcopolo5157]

@@Nil-js4bf those are not western countries, compare Australia to the west, and at this rate they are still doing relatively well

[@chadamtrakrailfan]

I've only been to Sydney just a few times when I was younger. I lived around Melbourne when I lived in Australia. This is cool to see a metro system happening in Sydney. I remember when Sydney had the monorail (which I'm pretty sure the infrastructure for that no longer exists) and this is a good substitute for that. Thank you for sharing this content :)

[@kazwilson425]

Monorail is long gone - it was hated so much by Sydneysiders I'm surprised it wasn't torn down by a drunken mob🤣🤣

[@chadamtrakrailfan]

@@kazwilson425 I remember that one of the biggest complaints from the Monorail is that it was sooo noisy. I actually did take the monorail way back when.

[@rikkichunn8856]

A beautiful video about a beautiful line! Great job, Bear! The Sydney Metro joins a growing fleet of driverless metro systems, including the PATCO Speedline, and the shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square. Should I count most of the elevator systems in the world? Probably not, although the platform doors in the stations did remind me of elevators.😉

[@belchy94]

Went on it on the weekend, it’s impressive buts it’s a rough ride when it’s going at speed

[@tacitdionysus3220]

I've heard people say that, but when I went on it, it wasn't so much roughness of track, as having quick changes in direction, acceleration and deceleration. Compared to the Sydney Trains that just trundle gently along, it feels almost like a carnival ride. Have ridden the Stockholm trains and they are even more lively.

[@hart-of-gold]

1:01 Brand new light Rail Line openned in Parramatta today

[@Thom-TRA]

Exciting!

[@NicholasGonzalez-o5e]

I love ❤️ the designs of these trains 🚆 😍

[@Thom-TRA]

They do look great!

[@CraigFThompson]

So unlike most trains in British territories, these have a FORWARD VIEW!!

[@greaterglider]

Nice i remember going to the opening day of the first part in 2019

[@MaxS-hn8we]

Sydney Metro is awesome. Love that another major extension is coming in 2025, followed by a new line to a new second international airport in 2026 and then another new line connecting its two major CBD’s in 2032.

[@Thom-TRA]

Definitely much to look forward to!

[@joserivera-yc5rr]

Love the video, take care Thom

[@Thom-TRA]

You too!

[@sarnveishastein1201]

Love the Video and your comments I look forward to your next.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏👏👏👏👏😊👍

[@trainglen22]

Very nice! It reminds me quite a bit of Montreal's REM line.

[@Thom-TRA]

It does!

[@willy.william4582]

Practically the same rolling stock too lol

[@stevencatt6651]

Both use Alstom metropolis trains

[@mikecarrington4297]

Good share Thom. Thanks

[@Thom-TRA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CraigCorby]

Next phase of the light rail (L4 line) opens tomorrow Friday 20th

[@Thom-TRA]

Exciting!

[@captainbroady]

It's definitely exciting to see transit expansions in the developed world! Good job Australia! :D

[@dont_listen_to_Albo]

The metro is not new; it has been in operation since mid-2019. What’s new is the extension from Chatswood to Sydenham.

[@Thom-TRA]

And lo and behold, that’s the section covered in this video! It’s almost like if you actually watch before commenting, you’d know things like this…

[@lachd2261]

Sydney Trains is more like the Paris REM or S-Bahn than traditional regional rail, which is why we call it “suburban rail”. It runs from the suburbs but doesn’t terminate at central - most lines go through all of the city CBD stations on the city circle or through the western half of the city and over the harbour bridge. Sydney and Melbourne were actually early pioneers in this sort of service

[@Thom-TRA]

That is how a lot of traditional regional rail in places like Europe, Japan, and even the US runs though

[@darrenthorne1]

As soon as the Bankstown line conversion is finished, they should move on to all lines and make the whole network driverless, less strikes, greater reliability, and much less running costs. It may take 50 years but must do something about the transport chaos that is Sydney at the moment.

[@jacktattersall9457]

Sydney Metro was really built as an express for the T1 North Shore Line between Chatswood and the CBD because the North Shore Line (which uses the Sydney Harbour Bridge of Chief Engineer Bradfield) suffers from lots of tight curves and is only double tracking (the limited stop services Sydney Trains runs on this line are like the most useless expresses in the world because of all the curve speed restrictions). Sydney Metro goes underground, avoiding all the painful geography that affected the late-1800s engineers of the North Shore Line. The section between Epping and Chatswood was also converted from Sydney Trains.

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Yes!

[@Tree_132]

Great video! Although I don’t think I would be the only one who would describe the Sydney trains network as a “suburban” network, not regional. Idk if it’s just us but we classify “regional” as the really long distance trips on the trains such as the XPT, whereas the Sydney trains network more resembles a suburban network, with the trains setup to have higher capacity and serve the Sydney urban area. Although then again the government did just abolish “NSW trainlink”, who ran the regional and intercity network (I’m sure there’s a way to describe the difference, I’m not bothered tho) and put at least the intercity network under the banner of Sydney trains, so I guess you could say that it provides some regional service? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good video tho!

[@Thom-TRA]

To me, regional rail is just a type of service that connects different areas (urban, suburban, exurban) that doesn’t conform to the traditional AM-in, PM-out pattern.

[@Tree_132]

ah ok, that’s fair. TBH it’s probably just cuz it’s relatively defined here. Sorry if I was rude!

[@Thom-TRA]

@ no, you’re right, definitions differ widely per region!

[@Patrickair4444]

At least Australia is catching up with its first Metro line

[@tacitdionysus3220]

You misunderstand the system. Sydney Trains from the 1920s was a hybrid system. Multiple lines from the suburbs converge into shared tracks through the inner city, providing metro-like frequencies in that inner area. It is both a suburban (in Australia 'regional' trains are from a city to far out into the country) and a metro in function, using heavy rail technology. The Metro is the other way around. It behaves like a metro in the inner city sections and like a suburban train when it gets further out. So there is not really 'suburban' vs 'metro' trains, but two hybrid systems that do both; just ne with a century old technology, and the other with current technology.

[@PeFePT]

The Sydney Trains network functions like a "metro" on many of its sections. It only acts like a commuter rail network on the outer sections. The difference on branding between Sydney Trains and Sydney Metro is a marketing exercise (and an anti - union stance because Sydney Trains is heavily unionised and the Metro is not) that's all. The train network in Sydney is really very good (and I am comparing to other new world cities in North America or New Zealand, not Europe or Asia) However the Sydney Metro is really showing Australia the value of high quality frequent public transport. A plus from me.

[@stevencatt6651]

Most lines have 15 minutes frequency or better.

[@TomHommus]

Sydney trains shares tracks with intercity trains and also freight at times. Sydney trains also shares tracks between lines e.g. city circle is fed across multiple lines, Cabramatta to Liverpool is shared between T2, T3 and T5, Strathfield to Central local tracks T2 (2 branches and T3) Sydney Metro has exclusive right of way. The same distinction is used overseas as well. Sydney Metro has a 98 percent on time to 1 minute (a delay of more than 1 minute is considered late) whereas Sydney trains are in the 80-low 90 percent (where anything less than 5 mins late is considered on time) It's more than just a marketing exercise.

[@TomHommus]

I just looked Sydney trains performance has been terrible over the past month low of 47 percent (yes it means more than half were at least 5 mins late) alot in the 60s and only has recently recovered to low 90s now that we're in the holiday period. Can Sydney trains be a metro? Yes but we will need to lose the double deckers which cost us dwell time and have massive clearways projects and extensive track amplifications.

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Yeah, and I think we are about to see something else again. The WSI Airport metro is meant to knit the northern and southern ends of the Greater West together through the new airport. It is a light metro (3-4 cars) with high frequency potential; which seems well matched to the more spacious areas and more widely separated denser centres in the West. That's different in character from the more 'traditional' (full) metro sections in the denser inner city east transitioning to commuter-like rail in its outer sections. It struck me it's almost the opposite of Bradfield's Sydney Trains concept consisting of suburban lines that converge into shared tracks to enable metro-like frequencies in its inner centre. Sydney Trains is a commuter rail system that acts a bit like a metro in its core. Sydney Metro is a metro-system acting more like a commuter train outside its dense core.

[@paulcastillo1310]

Great video

[@Thom-TRA]

Thanks!

[@paulcastillo1310]

@@Thom-TRA your welcome

[@shigemorif1066]

Shoutout to Bear for the video footage! I was a little surprised that Alstom was selected for the Metro instead of a firm in Asia just because of location and expertise in nearby countries. How companies are selected for these projects are always a mystery to me.

[@Thom-TRA]

I’m sure they had a proper procurement process. Would be interesting to see what it was.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

Australia on trains are awesome i still can't believe it

[@rajivmurkejee7498]

Melbourne's best train named Puffing Billy is particularly impressive

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@rajivmurkejee7498 my brother says it's Australia's best train

[@varoonnone7159]

Watching this while holidaying in Sydney

[@Thom-TRA]

Have a great time!

[@history_leisure]

If the Leppington branch is converted to Metro, that would shake up the whole system

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Its not official, but the vibe I'm picking up is the metro will run straight south from Bradfield to Oran Park and beyond, because its meant to primarily be a north south transport spine for the West. It will not be distracted from that by connecting to Glenfield. The SW Link would extend west to meet the metro and terminate (South Bringelly??) and stay as Sydney Trains. It seems there is value in making a connection with the metro, but while retaining the existing Leppington stabling and having some Sydney Trains services a place to terminate instead of all having to go to Campbelltown/Macarthur. Extending the SW Link to Bradfield or the Airport is apparently much more expensive than using Metro, given the much larger tunnel and station boxes needed for less frequent 8 car double deckers. In contrast making the extension and connection just to the south could be done 'at grade' with much less cost. I guess we will see.

[@mewosh_]

WOW that's way different to the Alstom Metropolis I'm used to here in Warsaw

[@Thom-TRA]

It’s funny how all their mainline trains look the same but their trams and metros are so different

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

Thanks to Gladys for actually making this happen during her term.

[@greble11]

Another great video! Well done, Trains Are Awesome and Sydney/NSW. It would be interesting to get more information on the costs-to build and maintain and the costs to ride. Building more roads and automobiles doesn’t seem like a long term, sustainable strategy, but how to convince Americans to invest in projects like Sydney’s?

[@Thom-TRA]

Thank you! That is a worthwhile topic to get into

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

Not to mention the battle against GM, Ford and Chrysler. And convincing the generations of car owners on the road who have never experienced the convenience of efficient public transport.

[@davinp]

When I visited Sydney 9 years ago, I rode that yellow train. They are slow compared to the VRE

[@vette1]

it would be cool if you mentioned the frequencies of the trains in these videos

[@Thom-TRA]

You can see them on the screens

[@PaulsTrainVlogs]

3:50 I "drive" those trains. I've been driving them for the past 5 and a half years.

[@Thom-TRA]

What do you mean?

[@captainminecraft631]

The first section of the intro music is the catchiest thing I've ever heard! What's the name of the song if you didn't make it?

[@Thom-TRA]

It’s a departure melody that JR East used in Japan

[@captainminecraft631]

@@Thom-TRA you mean the sick beat right after the first station chime?

[@Thom-TRA]

@ oh that one is called “Wrong” by YVEN. On the KZbin audio library.

[@japojd]

VERY NICE !!!👍🚆

[@Thom-TRA]

Thanks!

[@TeamEXAngus]

Great video! One small criticism: Melbourne is now Australia's largest city :)

[@slimdarcy9503]

Depends if he's talking about largest by population or density. Because Sydney is so dense he could be forgiven.

[@Thom-TRA]

@@TeamEXAngus by strict city limits but as an urban area Sydney is still larger, and given that’s how the train system works I don’t think it’s unfair for me to say Sydney is the largest.

[@Soundmaster91]

Please stop with this misinformation, and drop the ego. Greater Sydney is still larger and NSW is the largest state. If we follow the logic of the mis informed northern end of Wollongong would be counted as part of Sydney and be even bigger again.

[@reubenab6005]

⁠​⁠@@Soundmaster91If Wollongong counts as Sydney then Geelong counts as Melbourne. Either way search up greater Sydney population 2024 (it’s 5.18 million), then search up greater Melbourne population (it’s 5.31 million)

[@abigkim]

Are you going to a cta holiday train?

[@Thom-TRA]

Probably not

[@DanHominem]

AAAAH! Bear jumpscear!

[@davinp]

Remember while it is winter here in North America, it is summer in Australia, so they can go to the beach on Christmas

[@hummel_brummel]

Hahaha unfortunately not in Brisbane. It's been bucketing down rain here and it's an average of 30 degrees Celsius too.

[@henreereeman8529]

no-one asked bro cl

[@varoonnone7159]

I did the coastal trail from Bondi to Bronte yesterday and today will do the Bronte to Coogee part 😁

[@davidhayter8516]

While you’re in Australia are you coming to Adelaide to ride the world famous O-Bahn?

[@Thom-TRA]

Unfortunately not this time, but hopefully soon!

[@EdwardM-t8p]

I didn't recognize you in that new haircut under your cap! And your hair looks darker - tan instead of flax in color. Hopefully one of these days Sydney Metro will connect its three lines together with transfer stations where the lines meet. Obviously using a different voltage squandered a big opportunity! :^(

[@Thom-TRA]

It’s my brother

[@blxvkpxndx]

It looks like REm trains in Montreal

[@stevencatt6651]

That is because they are made on the same platform. THE Sydney ones are longer that's all

[@himbourbanist]

omg this is so good. Why can't we get this in the US man

[@Thom-TRA]

We’re getting there. Slowly.

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

Blame the US governments for giving priority to car manufacturers.

[@lorenzlorenzo1975]

@@Thom-TRA American cities are built for cars. It'll take sometime to change American mindset about their love of cars.

[@himbourbanist]

@@lorenzlorenzo1975 American cities were built for trolleys and trains. They were bulldozed for cars.

[@Thom-TRA]

@ doesn’t Sydney have some of the most toll roads in the world?

[@davidaarthur]

Such wide-open stations!

[@Thom-TRA]

Very impressive!

[@jet9211]

this system similar to the REM in montreal, i call it a (suburban metro) the thing that didnt make sense to me about it, is the overly sized stations and platforms! 160 meters platforms made for 8 car trains, currently they running 6 car trains formation dose sydney need an 8 car train?? in my opinion, they could've went with a 120 meter platform made for 6 car trains, and they start with 4 car trains that will make the system more frequent, from every 10 min of peak and every 5 at peak, to every 2 min at peak and 5 off peak and they'll have the room of expantion to 6 car trains in the future, if needed with the signalling technology we have nowadays, u could run a train every 80 seconds in my opinion, those stations were over sizely designed

[@Thom-TRA]

Shorter trains don’t necessarily make it more frequent. Sydney is a city of 5 million, I expect ridership to grow soon.

[@jet9211]

@@Thom-TRA i mean... if you want me to explain to you what i meant by 4 car trains instead of 6, its like we going to point zero i thing you know about trains, i expect you to get what i mean, even tho i didnt say "more short trains" cuz i thought someone who knows about trains, will catsh it on the air running more short trains with low frequency on fully automated metro, dosnt effect the cost of hiring a driver for every train...i mean this is basic knowledge, i should not be explaing this.. running 6 trains per hour with a formation of 8 cars will have exactly the same "capacity" as running 12 trains per hour with a formation of 4 cars the only difference is the frequency the first one is gonna be every 10 min the second one is gonna be every 5 min secondly, population is not the only mesurment for a city to judge the size of the metro system density also matters dont forget that sydney is extreamly spread out city

[@timtam53191]

Sydney's suburban system uses 8 car double deckers already. Sydney's system is very peaky. This video was filmed late at night, but during the morning and afternoon peaks you'll be surprised how much the trains and the stations fill up. All 9 escalators at Central station platforms get queues during the peaks. The line was built with future growth in mind. Such a line is built to last 100+ years It's cheaper and easier to make the stations larger now, than to have to expand them later. It'll be the wrong move to build a line like this to cater for only existing demand. The current frequences are every 4 minutes peak, every 5 mins interpeak (midday and afternoon), and every 10 mins during the night and weekends. I agree that the 10 min night and weekend frequencies are a bad effort for an automated system.

[@jet9211]

@@timtam53191 never compare a suburban train to a metro train they're two defferent systems suburban trains a longer cuz they run less frequently, the best interval time you can get on a suburban rail system is 10 min in a metro system, 10 mins interval is considred bad

[@timtam53191]

@@jet9211 The suburban Sydney system runs every 3 mins at peak which are metro frequencies. The metro's daytime frequencies are decent but I suspect it's Sydney's mentality of transport being for commuters and not much else that's holding the night and weekend frequencies back. Fortunately it's not any inherent fault of how the system was designed and built. Provided you have enough trains and maintenance crew, increasing frequencies on an automated line is as easy as a flick of a switch. Which they did on some special occasions.

[@Ronaldobetterthenmessie]

Bro it was made like 5 years ago

[@Thom-TRA]

What if you like… actually watched the video? I know that’s a crazy idea

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

ironic …… massively tall station ceilings and quite short, almost hobbitesque, train ceilings. clearly the dutch are not welcome.

[@Thom-TRA]

I guess we the descendants of Abel Tasman must be punished

[@IamTheHolypumpkin]

Oh you just put the 10 year anniversary TRA intro into the video but not the amazing intro for this series from the trailer 😢

[@Thom-TRA]

I’ll remember it next time

[@katzgar]

pretty adequate, missing the high bar.

[@Thom-TRA]

Care to explain?

[@Charango123quena]

Fun fact : we have on going union strikes that are basically holding the government hostage and bringing the whole systemto a stop, making most of this video completely pointless as we don't even know if we can use the rail system. 😂

[@karlcx]

well done on your place name pronounciations. most wouldn't bother.

[@Thom-TRA]

I really try haha. Sydenham was hard.

[@Ronaldobetterthenmessie]

I think

[@Trainsaregreat365]

A bit of correction Melbourne overtook Sydney in population a few years ago

[@Thom-TRA]

That’s true, depends on your definition

[@Trainsaregreat365]

@Thom-TRA here in Australia we measure the CBD and the metro area

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Yep, Dan annexed a bit of Lebensraum around Melton

[@andgate2000]

I wonder how long it stays clean...because it aint japan.

[@Thom-TRA]

So far so good

[@Trainsaregreat365]

Here before 1000

[@michaelb9629]

Once in a while I like automated trains myself, even if they don’t run on rails. I don’t know why but I prefer trains that have operators, kind of like what I want to do with a locomotive when I get older.

[@andysee4140]

Pity you didn't cover the stations. They are incredible. Too much time wasted showing the interior of the train.

[@Thom-TRA]

I showed several stations. Just because you had your eyes closed doesn’t mean they weren’t shown.

[@seanstuchbery]

Melbourne is Australia’s largest city 🤓👆🏻

[@Thom-TRA]

I’m picking up on some jealousy

[@seanstuchbery]

@ you’re picking up on some FACTS 🤓👆🏻

[@MaxS-hn8we]

No it ain’t

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

The Pooplands Heavy Railway

[@Northern_Idaho]

Not only is this Australia’s first automated metro, it’s also Sydney’s first automated metro

[@lyingelephants]

Well yeah....if it's Australia's first, of course it would be the first in Sydney as well. Thanks Sherlock

[@n.bastians8633]

It might even be New South Wales' first automated metro.

[@Northern_Idaho]

@@n.bastians8633 Maybe, someone will have to double check to say for sure

[@MaxS-hn8we]

Technically it’s Sydney second automated metro. The first opened in 2019 and this is basically a whole new line connecting with it. That also makes is Australia’s second automated metro line. Third, fourth and fifth coming in 2025, 2026 and 2032.

[@greaterglider]

@@MaxS-hn8we Its the exact same line its just this is an expansion upon that. Its bassically the one line split into two different phases of construction

[@rajendraanant01]

These trains are old technology. Singapore is already better train service

[@Thom-TRA]

Prove it

[@MaxS-hn8we]

It’s the latest technology. Singapore is old.