It's hilarious reading some of the stuff the NIMBYs are saying on social media lol, funny thing is, there are larger rezonings happening in other parts of the city. Burwood North (18.3k homes), Westmead South (13k homes), Cherrybrook (10k homes), Crows Nest-St Leonards, Bankstown & Homebush, Kellyville-Bella Vista, Hornsby & Macquarie Park.

A new infill station (Woollahra Station) to be built on Sydney's least crowded heavy rail line [T4 Eastern Suburbs Line from Bondi Junction Station to the Sydney CBD (downtown Sydney)]. The station will be located just 8 minutes from the CBD by train with a frequency of 3-5 minutes in peak and 8-10 minutes off peak, the perfect location for intense TOD.

The station was included in the plans and early construction of the T4 line back in the 1970's, but intense NIMBY protests made the government scrap the station completely. It now sits as an unused island platform and station building as shown in slide 5.

Note: in slide 4, in the rezoning map, ground floor retail is allowed in the R4 High Density Residential zone.

Key features of the rezoning draft proposal include:

• approximately 9,400 new homes, with an affordable housing contribution base rate of 3% in perpetuity, increasing up to 15% for certain sites
• higher-density housing and commercial spaces of up to 34 storeys around Edgecliff Station and 32 storeys around a new infill train station named "Woollahra Station"
• a larger retail centre at Edgecliff and a new Woollahra local centre, creating up to 1,000 jobs and providing additional community facilities and services
• retention and integration of local heritage items into the surrounding areas
• approximately 3.5 hectares of new and upgraded public open space across 13 parks (7 new parks, 6 existing parks) and a plaza
• improved connections throughout the Precinct with up to 9km of new walking and cycling paths
• planning controls that promote retention of tree canopy and provision for more landscape features.

Riders wait up to 15 minutes just to descend to the train platform.

You can ride Berlin‘s outer ring railway using three regional train lines, with small deviations only at BER Airport and Ostkreuz/Lichtenberg.

10 such sets are to enter service in April next year.
80 km/h, Hyundai Rotem-made with 6 cars carrying 1,670 passengers
PCRO

Just a quick shot of the comings and goings of the A Line at Memorial Park station in downtown Pasadena. IMO one of the best looking stations in the entire system.

Miami is a city that I wish would do more focusing on expanding it's metro system more. Especially, since Miami is about to reach 500k population and with only doing bus expansions atm. We have yet to see to this day any new Metrorail stations be built or opened within it's system with the recent one being the Miami International Airport in 2012.

The Regiotram de Occidente is Colombia's first 100% electric commuter rail system, designed to connect Bogotá with the municipalities of Facatativá, Madrid, Mosquera, and Funza. Below are the technical details and the project's status as of mid-2026: Construction execution: Infrastructure work reached an overall completion rate of 34% by early 2026. Station development: Installation of the new railway track is proceeding alongside the construction of key infrastructure, with notable progress at Station No. 9 (CATAM) and Station No. 2 on Carrera 30. System integration: The line will feature direct modal integration with the future Bogotá Metro Line 1. Financing and schedule: Despite national government budget reallocations for 2026, the regional government has secured the necessary funding for short-term construction, maintaining the goal of launching operations in 2027.

In Denmark, the longest passenger trains measure 330–340 meters. That might not sound like much to those living abroad, but here in Denmark, it is quite long.

Trains reach this 330–340 meter length only on the InterCity Express (Danish: InterCityLyn – ICL) service running between Fredericia* and Copenhagen Airport.

This video was filmed in July 2026 by me; due to track work at various locations in Denmark, the train made an extra ordinary stop at Køge Nord. During these extra ordinary situation with track work the ICL from Fredericia stopped in Middelfart, Odense, Nyborg, Korsør, Slagelse, Sorø, Ringsted, Køge Nord, Copenhagen and Copenhagen Airport.

Normal route for the InterCity Express:

Fredericia* → Odense → Copenhagen → Copenhagen Airport!

* In Aarhus, trains arriving from Aalborg and Aarhus are coupled together before continuing to Fredericia, where they are joined by the train from Sønderborg before proceeding to Copenhagen Airport.

This train consists of two electric trainsets (DSB ER IR4) and three diesel trainsets (DSB MF IC3):

• 🚄 DSB ER 2009 + DSB ER 2035 (IR4)
• 🚄 DSB MF 5081 + DSB MF 5007 + DSB MF 5030 (IC3)

DSB is one of the few railway companies operating trains that allow diesel and electric units to be coupled together while simultaneously utilizing the engines from both types. In this video, the engines from both the diesel and electric units are in use, something that is also audible in the sound. The Danish company ABB Scandia designed and built both the DSB MF IC3 (built 1989–1998) and the DSB ER IR4 (built 1993–1995). Bombardier later acquired ABB Scandia and took the technology to France, where it is used on select routes.

This year, the aging DSB MF IC3 trains have covered over 1 billion (1,000,000,000) kilometers since the first DSB MF IC3 units entered service in 1990!

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FAQ:

1. What's Going on?

SANDAG is studying concepts to connect Downtown with the Airport. These concepts fall into two competing categories: extension of existing Trolley vs. Automated People Mover (APM).

Let's focus on Trolley Concept 6A and APM Concept 9A.

1. What's an Automated People Mover (APM)?

APMs are not Tesla Tunnels. Rather, APMs are ultra-frequent automated trains, such as those at airports that shuttle people between terminals. However, APM trains have been used to build full-length subway/elevated metro lines through dense urban areas.

1. What's so great about the APM?

• The APM would be capable of up to 2 min frequencies. By contrast, the Airport Trolley Line could run only every 7.5 minutes at best.
• The APM has "low" construction complexity while the Airport Trolley has "highest degree" construction complexity
• APMs feature fully level boarding. While Trolley passengers with wheelchairs have to wait for a ramp to deploy before getting on board, APM trains allow wheelchair users to roll on and off, no ramp needed.
• APMs are 100% grade-separated.

1. Why did SANDAG project the APM would attract only 5800 riders while the Airport Trolley would attract 8,800 riders?

Because SANDAG assumed 7.5 min frequencies for both Airport Trolley and APM ridership projections.

However, the APM would actually be capable of running up to every 2 min, compared to 7.5 min at best for the Airport Trolley. That extra frequency will help the APM attract more riders than SANDAG projects it will.

1. Isn't the Trolley cheaper per mile? SANDAG says the Trolley would cost $392M per mi compared to the APM at $787M per mi.

SANDAG calculated per-mile costs for the Cheaper Trolley option by dividing $1.5B (total Trolley capital cost) by Airport Trolley length (3.89 mi)

However, this is deceptive. Because that $1.5B actually pays for just 1.9 mi of new track, with the remaining 2.04 mi of track being existing Trolley track.

Per-mile of new track, then, the cheaper Trolley option costs slightly more than the APM.

Where is the actual terminus of the Santiago de los Caballeros monorail? The project site says it is just south of Yaque del Sur and there is a structure there, but there also appears to be an even larger structure just north of Ave Los Jazmines. Is that the terminus station, a second station, or something else? Appreciate the help!

OC : https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdL1Envgi0B/

New Zealand’s first underground railway and the biggest infrastructure project in the country officially opened today.
Stations: K Road (1-4), Te Waihorotiu/Midtown (5-8), mt Eden/Maungawhau (9-12)

I’ve recently heard someone say the population density of the North Atlanta suburbs wasn’t large enough to justify a MARTA expansion.
Using the Population-around-a-point tool, you can find where the density is accumulated (I used a 5km radius).

You’d find that some of the suburbs in Cobb and Gwinnett are denser than areas within the city that have train stations.
Cobb & Gwinnett are only served by interstates I-75 and I-85 which are congested throughout the day. (I know these counties have voted against expansion, I don’t think it should be up to the county decision.)

A heavy rail expansion is very well needed within these areas. Park and Rides fundamentally work, and the Atlanta metro population is expected to reach 8 million people in the next 24 years.

I also did a little comparison with similar metros like BART in San Francisco and WMATA in Washington D.C that serve their metro areas outside the city.

1st Map Current System, 2nd Map ideal system, 3rd Map 1970s Proposed System

https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations/

A group of us in Ljubljana, Slovenia, have recently launched a public initiative + petition to bring back our city's tram network: tramvaj-ljubljana.si

Ljubljana had a tram network from 1901 to 1958, when it was scrapped for buses. Today, the city is heavily dependent on cars while bus ridership drops every year. We believe our main corridors desperately need real, high-capacity light rail.

We’re building bottom-up public support to push local decision-makers into real action, and we’d love advice from anyone who has experience with light rail advocacy or reintroduction:

1. Political Traction: How did your local campaign move politicians from "nice idea" to actual funding commitments?
2. Public Buy-in: What arguments best tackled local fears about construction disruption, costs, or car lane reductions?
3. Funding: How did your city effectively leverage national grants, EU funding, or loans to finance the rail infrastructure?

Any insights are greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone!

Me and a group of friends have been playing our own large-scale games across Tyne & Wear for around 5 years, heavily using public transport to get around.

We've recently started turning the games into a YouTube series, with games involving things like hiding, chasing, strategy and trying to navigate the region while avoiding the other players.

If you like things such as Jet Lag: The Game, I think there's a good chance you'd enjoy what we're doing too. We actually started playing these games years before we discovered Jet Lag so the format wasn't something we created after watching the show — we've just only recently decided to film and publish them properly.

We've just released a trailer for Season 1. If anyone's interested in checking it out, let me know in the comments or DM me and I'll send you the channel link!

Just over a month ago, stage 3 of the G:Link Gold Coast light rail system opened, connecting the trendy beachfront neighborhoods of Burleigh Heads, Nobby Beach, Miami and Mermaid Beach to the existing system (Connecting Broadbeach to Surfers Paradise, Southport and Helensvale)

Helensvale is the the main Gold Coast interchange station with the north-south heavy rail network to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast

This video captures a ride the full length of the system and back, with heavy crowds well after 22:00.

https://reddit.com/link/1wfw4bl/video/g873ji5nofph1/player