'Vague and half-baked': Lagging CBD light rail set to speed up | Rabe9
Commuters have been promised faster journeys on Sydney’s new CBD light rail from this week amid criticism over the operating speed of the $2.9 billion service.
Travel times on Sydney's new light rail will speed up by around 5 minutes, according to Transport for NSW.Journey times have recently sat somewhere between 45 and 50 minutes, but that’s expected to be reduced to 40-45 minutes from Monday. Opposition transport spokesman Chris Minns said recent promises to improve the network were “vague and half baked”.The light rail, which opened in mid-December, has an average patronage of 43,000 per day, with a southern extension to Kingsford still to open in March. It has completed more than 1.2 million trips since December 14.
While Transport for NSW is investigating Friday’s problems on the L2 Randwick line, it is understood a fault with the mechanism that controls track changes at Chinatown caused the delays.“The heavy rain across Sydney today has caused a range of impacts to transport services across the city,” a Transport for NSW spokeswoman said in a statement.
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