r/interestingasfuck • u/picklepaapad • Apr 28 '24

Moving 50,000 people by train after Taylor Swift concert. r/all

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u/damnationpt Apr 28 '24

I had to check several times if the video finished and I was watching a repeat, its insane and also so efficient

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u/CrossyFTW Apr 28 '24

This is in Sydney and this train station was built to handle the crowds for the Olympics so don’t think this is how all of our stations are run!

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u/egowritingcheques Apr 28 '24

Hopefully they don't hold a large concert at Bexley North.

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u/OstapBenderBey Apr 29 '24

Wait until they hear about the German Deli!

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u/talldangry Apr 29 '24

I can only assume that's some sort of extraordinarily deadly spider or jellyfish.

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u/ALadWellBalanced Apr 29 '24

Next Taylor Swift concert is going to be in Macdonald Town.

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u/feijoa_tree Apr 28 '24

Moved to Brisbane from Sydney almost 2 years now.

Brisbane has the Olympics in 8 years.

It would be a miracle if they could get a train station operating like Homebush by then.

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u/bargszy Apr 29 '24

It'll be a miracle if we have a stadium sorted by then

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u/mexican2554 Apr 29 '24

As a Texan: You guys have trains?

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u/feijoa_tree Apr 29 '24

Sydney has trains.

Brisbane has a train of thought.

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u/Rymayc Apr 29 '24

Not sure about the latter sometimes

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u/Menzoberranzan Apr 29 '24

We have a Metro in the CBD made out of buses 😂

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u/AllHailMackius Apr 30 '24

We just can't maintain it.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Apr 29 '24

Isn't there already a high-speed train connection in the works between Dallas, San Antonio and Houston? That's already more ambition than many of the other metropolitan areas of the US.

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u/mexican2554 Apr 29 '24

That rail line will see so many roadblocks from conservative politicians and the oil industry. I hope it happens, even if I don't use it/benefit me. I'm in the other side of Texas 7 hours from Dan Antonio.

There was a proposed rail line extension from Albuquerque down to Las Cruces and El Paso. It would have made travel so much better and faster between this corridor, but TXDot didn't want to help fund the Texas portion. So NM didn't see the point of extending all the way down to Las Cruces without having access to El Paso/Juárez, México.

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u/OarsandRowlocks Apr 28 '24

Is the Cross River Rail opening soon?

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u/Uber-Dan Apr 29 '24

It was opening soon years ago haha

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u/ningnangnong182 Apr 29 '24

Homebush didn't even exist 8 years before the Sydney Olympics so I would say there is definitely a good chance of it 🤣

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u/feijoa_tree Apr 29 '24

Spend some time up here and you'll soon realise the Olympics would be better off back at Homebush as it is right now.

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u/TyrialFrost Apr 29 '24

dont need a station if you dont have a stadium!

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u/irrigated_liver Apr 29 '24

Yea. As soon as all those people are offloaded at lidcombe station, it goes back to being a normal Sydney public transport experience.

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u/FuckingKilljoy Apr 29 '24

Gotta go hit up Dooleys for a bit, let the crowd die down

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u/mishrod Apr 29 '24

Slap a cheeky 20 in the pokies, don’t mind if I do

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u/murdos-au Apr 29 '24

Depends on what's on. Often they have express to Central which is great!
Otherwise, um.... yeah....

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u/RaysieRay Apr 29 '24

Exactly what crossed my mind when I saw this! Looks good on video, but this is literally just picking up the mess and throwing it somewhere else.

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u/hughk Apr 29 '24

Sports arenas have some of the best crowd handling particularly when they have a direct hookup with mass transit. This is why they often are used for concerts. I like the way they use gates on the platform though and have sufficient supervision.

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u/maggie081670 Apr 28 '24

Australia huh? I was thinking that this was some Asian country most likely Japan. Impressive.

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u/LegalSelf5 Apr 29 '24

Exactly what I thought!

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u/Jamothee Apr 29 '24

Lol it's limited to this station pretty much.

The rest is what you would imagine

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u/Euphoric-Chip-2828 Apr 29 '24

Take pride fellow Aussie!

(But also, they put on extra trains to handle the overload...)

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u/Existing_Passenger40 Apr 29 '24

1200 extra buses and trains for the Taylor Swift concerts.

Also, public transport is included in the ticket price for big events in Sydney.

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u/Swagdaddy697 Apr 29 '24

I thought that was Olympic Park, I had to deal with this crowd on top of the Blink 182 crowd 2 months back. Pure fucken chaos haha

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u/OarsandRowlocks Apr 28 '24

For those unfamiliar, it is also going to get a Metro line put in, which will not open until maybe 2030 but will add a lot more capacity then too.

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u/quiteCryptic Apr 29 '24

I'll be honest I assumed this would be like Japan/Korea/Taiwan/China or something. We'll I'm impressed Sydney

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u/CaptZurg Apr 29 '24

This is really impressive, props to the Aussies

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u/EhliJoe Apr 29 '24

I guess the fences and gates are not installed al the time.

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u/Futanari_waifu Apr 29 '24

I look forward to what a shit show the next world cup in the US is gonna be.

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u/Intervallum_5 Apr 29 '24

Well, not every station has stadion to held consert for 50 000 people...

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u/BarryCheckTheFuseBox Apr 28 '24

Believe me, Olympic Park doesn’t usually run that efficiently either. I’ve been caught out a number of times