Level Crossings in the other Australian cities

 Strange Melbourne Man has decided for this week he will be Strange Australian Man.

I have spent the past week compiling lists of level crossings in Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane, including pedestrian only level crossings. I already did Melbourne's level crossings last week, and you can find that info in my blog from last week. I just thought it would be somewhat interesting to see how many level crossings there were in every city, and see some of the differences between the railway networks of our cities.

This Metronet fact sheet lists every railway crossing in Perth... except for pedestrian crossings because who cares about those?

 

Anyways, here's the documents for the level crossings:

The Crossing Documents

Adelaide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AXmuKIBPCOpKnWRUqyJAFbqGAcW3Bl1kNnWdOLymMtE/edit?usp=sharing

Sydney: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j4TEyxkYW8TY_hLpLasQcg70eCIvrpq7fftRgUByzZg/edit?usp=sharing

Perth: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CAv3Dxm7o_ZcduS8a_eKyzOr46l1dJQw8U0FfdCvLSs/edit?usp=sharing

Brisbane: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lk6Jk1k0wdYDYoG34onweNr8i5foXxbN7h7Quwy0WJA/edit?usp=sharing

Some notes on the documents

- Perth's level crossing list does not include level crossings that are to be removed as part of Metronet.
 
- Adelaide's level crossing list was made first. I am currently in the middle of improving it.
 
- Sydney only has eleven level crossings on its train network. It had twelve prior to 2020, but the T6 Carlingford Line was closed this year and as such the one crossing that train line had (Parramatta Road) no longer exists.
 
- Adelaide has a whooping one hundred and sixty level crossings, including two rail lines with over forty level crossings! Wow!
 
- Newer lines tend to not have level crossings on them. Examples of this include Perth's Joondalup and Mandurah Lines (built in 1992 and 2007 respectively) and Brisbane's Gold Coast and Redcliffe Peninsula Lines (built in 1996 and 2016 respectively).
 
- Do provide feedback on these documents, it is very important that they are accurate and up-to-date!

A Final Word

Something I would link to mention is that if you want to see updates about new blogs, and you also want to see some interesting info, then you should go follow me on Instagram and Twitter. Instagram is here, while the Twitter can be found here.
 
Also, the station names for the Upfield line will not be out for a little while, but hopefully I will be able to write it soon.
 
Thanks for the continued support of the blog, and thank you for your contributions to the documents. They are genuinely helpful in achieving what I want to achieve (an accurate, and relevant document for level crossings in Melbourne and other cities). 
 
Anyways, see you next week!

 

 

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