Great project but still baffles me that tunnelling is essentially complete (last few hundred metres should be done in a few months) and it will take 6 years to put in tracks, stations, signalling and test.
6 years?! It’s already fully tunnelled, protected from weather and they could work 24/7 on rotating shifts (they already do that with the tunnel borers). I don’t see how it takes 6 years to lay 40km of track and signalling and build stations in an empty station box.
I’m loath to bring out the “but iN ChInA they’d dO iT iN HaLf tHe tImE” argument but this really seems like taxpayers are being taken for a massive ride here. The Gamuda, John Holland’s etc must view these projects as a licence to print money because the government seems to let them do what they want and take whatever time they want.
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Starting to think Silverwater/Newington will never ever get a light rail or metro 😔
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Great project but still baffles me that tunnelling is essentially complete (last few hundred metres should be done in a few months) and it will take 6 years to put in tracks, stations, signalling and test.
6 years?! It’s already fully tunnelled, protected from weather and they could work 24/7 on rotating shifts (they already do that with the tunnel borers). I don’t see how it takes 6 years to lay 40km of track and signalling and build stations in an empty station box.
I’m loath to bring out the “but iN ChInA they’d dO iT iN HaLf tHe tImE” argument but this really seems like taxpayers are being taken for a massive ride here. The Gamuda, John Holland’s etc must view these projects as a licence to print money because the government seems to let them do what they want and take whatever time they want.
Starting to think Silverwater/Newington will never ever get a light rail or metro 😔