Sunday, June 22, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
CBD Rail Routes
Old picture of possible rail routes for the Wellington CBD (hence some stray cosmic rays have corrupted the middle of it).
A1 - Under the station, down Featherston St to a station sitting in the middle between Willis St and Boulcott St. Ideally a full terminus Britomart style for the EMUs and for loco-hauled services such as the Wairarapa line. I'd envisioned a big development for the station incorporating the demolishing of Airways Corp house, and providing a nice connection through the station from Willis up to Boulcott in line with Chews Lane and Harris St. This is feasible at the moment, but wont be after all the proposed development for that area. Which is exactly why long term plans are good if this were a preferred route.
A2 - Future extension to Courtenay Place for the EMUs only.
B1/B2 - Self Explanatory routes around the waterfront. The B2 route with a terminus was lightly looked at by Opus for some particular study. In this case you'd ideally want to reserve some space here for 4 platforms so some services (e.g. Wairarapa) can stand for a while. This may mean that developments such as the recently proposed one next to Les Mills should be designed to cater for it (again this is why you should have a plan so you can mandate things like that).
A1 - Under the station, down Featherston St to a station sitting in the middle between Willis St and Boulcott St. Ideally a full terminus Britomart style for the EMUs and for loco-hauled services such as the Wairarapa line. I'd envisioned a big development for the station incorporating the demolishing of Airways Corp house, and providing a nice connection through the station from Willis up to Boulcott in line with Chews Lane and Harris St. This is feasible at the moment, but wont be after all the proposed development for that area. Which is exactly why long term plans are good if this were a preferred route.
A2 - Future extension to Courtenay Place for the EMUs only.
B1/B2 - Self Explanatory routes around the waterfront. The B2 route with a terminus was lightly looked at by Opus for some particular study. In this case you'd ideally want to reserve some space here for 4 platforms so some services (e.g. Wairarapa) can stand for a while. This may mean that developments such as the recently proposed one next to Les Mills should be designed to cater for it (again this is why you should have a plan so you can mandate things like that).
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