Are orbital railways justified? | Justified

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Published 2022-06-09
Justified episode 3 explores whether orbital railway systems have justification in various of cities. Melbourne's suburban rail loop in particular faced some harsh criticisms over its rushed development. In this video we have a look at other systems and see the positives and negatives of an orbital railway system, to see whether Melbourne's loop is worth its high costs. It looks at improvements to the current design and gives other cities teachings on how to produce a successful orbital system.

Edited using After effects and Premier pro.
Geolayers used for the map animations.

Sources:
SRL business case
Australian Transport Assessment and Planning (ATAP) Guidelines (2019), www.atap.gov.au/framework/integrated-transport-lan…
Paris Metro wiki
Singapore metro wiki
Shanghai metro wiki
Moscow wiki
Costings done by www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-…
Google maps uses for some flyovers
Footage sources are given in the video

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All Comments (7)
  • @MetroManMelbourne
    Nice work, I do agree that it would be sensible to reduce some costs from SRL but the simple reality is downgrading it to a tram or something would make it far less useful and would probably have a significantly reduced ridership. So the best of both worlds is to try to reduce costs on the SRL where possible but still ensuring it is built properly and also future proofed.
  • @griffinrails
    Nice to see this channel return to life! Just as good as always. Something interesting is that the Bankstown line in Sydney used to be a big (albeit rather deflated) loop, heading down the Main Suburban line.
  • @MsEmohair
    I weren't aware on how this works, so this video was helpful!🤗
  • @TCJ_YT
    Nice to see the channel up and running again man. Any future videos you are very more then welcome to use any my footage from my channel anytime (with credit of course), I’ll be looking forward to your other interesting uploads coming soon. Stay safe my friend :)