I caught the metro on Tuesday to attend a farewell dinner. It was pretty cool, shaved about 5 minutes off from travel time and frees up some capacity for the North Shore Line.
They haven’t changed the North Shore Line train schedules though. So on Wednesday when returning home from work, I wasn’t paying attention and my train went straight from Chatswood to Gordon while skipping the TOD precincts of Roseville, Lindfield, and Killara. Oops! I had to switch platforms to get back to Lindfield.
The metro was started by Gladys and I’m glad to see this component of it come to fruition. I’d love to see it further extend from Tallawong to St Marys so that it can further develop the loop concept.
And before anyone jumps in with their strange comments, I’m going to say upfront that there is more to well-located homes than just public transport. I’m fine with providing more homes but for a home to genuinely be well-located you need other amenities, parks, infrastructure. And on behalf of the future residents of Ku-ring-gai we are fighting for the right to plan and fund these outcomes.
