A double-track tram line will be built straight down the middle of the median strip on Northbourne Avenue Light rail vehicles will run off a single overhead power line, with seven new substations built in the rail corridor A fleet of 14 vehicles is planned, wit 12 in operation at a time, Frequency will be every five minutes at peak, every 10 minutes during the day, every 15 minutes at night until 11pm and on Saturdays, and every 20 minutes on Sunday. With 13 stops along the route, the aim is for a trip of 25 minutes or less to the city. any extension over the lake to the Parliamentary Triangle would use existing bridges, and not require a new one over the bridges the team would look to wire-free trams Construction would start in the middle of 2016, and take three to four years, New traffic lights would be placed along the route at intersections where vehicles crossed the rail tracks, no new roads needed to carry traffic from east to west across Northbourne. Parts of the Federal Highway and Flemington Road would be realigned or widened. The project team is forecasting more than 13,000 boardings a day by 2021 and more than 20,000 by 2031. There are just 3340 trips on public transport a day between the city and Gungahlin at the moment. (quick summary of CT article)
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:12:05 +0000
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