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TheMonorail

Alternative

Monorails cost 10% - 15% of Rail Subwaysand can carry

60,000 assen!ers " hour#

An e$tensive Monorail Syste can be constructed for afraction of the rice of the ro osed road and rail tunnels#

A sub ission for the &ast 'est (in) *eeds Assess ent study

Alan Ide 9 th of July 2008

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The Monorail Alternative

The East West Monorail Solution

Imagine gliding silently above Melbourne's trees and traffic on a graceful and elegantMonorail and being able to build it for a fraction of the cost of a rail subway

! eattle monorail (Image: Wikipedia)

The Proposal Much more "ublic trans"ort can be built by building monorail lines then s"ending #$%& (illionon road ) rail tunnels*

&ast-'est (in) Route " *otes +ost.illions/

i!h oint Ashburton Monorail +ootscray ,(- -omain ,aulfield ,hadstone .olmesglen / Ashwood&

1#2

3oc)land 3oncaster Monorail onsdale !treet1 Albert oad1 .oddle !treet1

3astern +reeway1 -oncaster oad&

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Southern +ross Rich ondRail Subway

A 2 4m rail subway with one undergroundstation lin4ed to +linders !treet !tation

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Why Monorail? Monorails are the chea"est way of adding grade/se"arated1 high/ca"acity "ublic trans"ort over thegridloc4 on the ground&

Monorails are roven# Many monorail systems are in use as high/ca"acity "ublic trans"ort systemscarrying thousands of "assengers a day&

Monorails are safe# (eing totally grade/se"arated monorails are one of the safest forms of trans"ort&

Monorails are environ entally friendly# Monorails have similar energy/efficiency to other mass/transit systems& 5hey are far less energy/intensive to build than a rail subway while having a far lowerfoot"rint than surface rail& Monorails can be installed with a minimum of disru"tion on the ground andhave a lower visual im"act than other ty"es of elevated rail systems& Monorails can travel at over804m6h "roviding an e7cellent alternative to cars in crowded cities&

Monorails are cost effective# etrofitting a subway to a crowded city is usually "rohibitivelye7"ensive& reat uncertainties usually e7ist as to the full cost of dealing with the myriad undergroundservices sewers1 storm water1 mains water1 electricity ) gas&: as well as geological challenges suchas roc4 and mud& ;ften subway systems are below sea/level creating many e7"ensive and time/consuming challenges during construction and maintenance&

Monorails are 8uic) to build# 5he monorails "ro"osed here could be built in time for the 20$0election&

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Monorails Cost LessMonorail systems cost about 14% er )ilo etre of a subway system& ,onstruction ris4s are less withMonorail system due to the ease of above/ground construction&

Trans ort Syste +ost er

)ilo etreMillions/

*otes

.eavy rail subway A 211 +rom !ir 3ddington's re"ort / #< (illion for $&

Buala um"ur Monorail @Monorail Malaysia:

#=! ?% A recent two/carriage monorail system on high"illars&

Melbourne &ast-'estMonorail

A 50 CroDected cost of .itachi 'Medium si ed' monorail&

@ !ee Monorail !ociety cost data "age&

9ro osal A ro$i ate3istance

)ilo etres/

+ost er )ilo etreA Millions/

&sti ated Total +ost.illions/

.igh"oint Ashburton Monorail 28 # 0 1#2

-oc4land -oncaster Monorail 2? # 0 1#4

!outhern ,ross ichmond ail!ubway

2 #>$$ 0#

Total +ost 7#2

Re ainder fro 16#5 .illion 17#1

Eote that some of this cost should be recou"ed from a FMonorail land ta7G on commercial land nearmonorail stations& .igh"oint1 ,rown and ,hadstone would be e7"ected to donate s"ace to route themonorail to their "ro"erties&

5he remainder of the #$? (illion could fund $*="grade signalling to allow 2/minute headway throughout metro area&

ail e7tensions to owville1 !outh Morang1 Mornington ) Alamein to 3ast Malvern&3lectrification to !unbury1 Melton ) eelong&Many tram and bus im"rovements& Curchase of more trains&="grades to the regional rail networ4& !tandardisation of 4ey freight routes&-u"licate single/line trac4s& 37tra e7"ress trac4s from +ootscray !unshine&

emove flat rail crossovers between !outhern ,ross and Eorth Melbourne stations&,layton !tation Monash Medical Monash =ni !"ringvale oad / Eunawading monorail&

Building rail subways is so expensive it should only be onsidered as a last resort!

$See What to do with ! "illion# ta$ in Schedule.%ls

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Monorail Syste" Capa ity Monorails ca"acity varies widely from small tourist systems to the giant 5ama commuter trains&

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5he high ca"acity of the .itachi monorails is due to the wheels being below the floor1 unli4e the low/ca"acity !ydney monorail which has the wheels between each car& Cassengers in all .itachi monorailscan move through the full length of the monorail train&

5he "assenger loadings for the .itachi monorails were "rovided by .itachi Australia as "art of theirreview of an earlier version of this document& .itachi Australia suggests a "ea4 standee loading of 8"eo"le6sH& meter with


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Monorail Cars

Le#t : &he 'lat walk through 'loor on a itachi*s +itakyushu monorail.(Image: itachi )$ight : &okyo ,onorail. Note the 'ront door 'or emergency e-acuation $etween trains. (Image:Wikipedia)

.itachi monorails are characterised with an o"en layout allowing for loads of about $1000 "assengers ona Medium/si ed si7/car train&

5he straddle/beam A 3 designs shown on this "age are recommended over the sus"ended cardesigns such as !A+3 3 to reduce the visual im"act of beams and the ris4 of truc4 / monorailcollisions&

As A 3 monorails run on rubber tyres and are "owered by electric motors they are very Huiet&evels of < d( are Huoted here for .itachi A 3 systems & i4e other "ublic trans"ort1 monorails

would reHuire adeHuate heating and cooling to ensure "assenger comfort&

%isabled & ess

5he Monorail system can be accessed by lift from street level& As lift floor1 "latform floor and monorailcar floors are at the same level there is no im"ediment to the disabled "erson using a Monorail system&

.itachi's vehicles are also able to acce"t a wal4way to evacuate disabled "assengers between monorailtrains should a monorail become stranded between stations&

Ti 'eting

Ideally the Monorail would use the new my4i system or whatever system is in "lace for the rest ofMelbourne's "ublic trans"ort&

Alternatively the Monorail could be 'free' with o"erating costs being met with a monorail land/ta7surcharge&

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Stations!tations can be built into e7isting buildings increasing the value of the building& Minor stations couldhave a smaller foot"rint if they use multi"le lifts rather than escalators& !tairs should also be "rovided forthe athletic as well as for emergencies&

Ideally stations would be translucent to reduce visual im"act& 5his would entail as much as "ossible ofthe structure being constructed of glass or other trans"arent material& !olar "anels could "rovide "owerto the station& !tation walls would "robably need to wra" around the monorail to "rovide "rotection for"assengers in bad weather&

A station on the small Sydney monorail. se o' transparent materials should reduce theimpact o' the station while retaining the weather proo'ing (Image: Wikipedia)

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&estheti s

,oscow monorail (Image: Wikipedia)

MelbourneGs monorail could be a great visual asset to the city and a maDor tourist draw card if adeHuateattention is given to the design of the "illars and beamway& 5his has not always been the case withother e7isting monorails&:

A FMedium si edG monorail such as the !eattle Monorail is recommended for Melbourne& 5he Flargesi edG monorail such as the Bita4yushu Monorail "robably has too large a visual im"act&

5he Moscow Monorail shows that it is Huite "ossible to have aesthetic su""ort "illars& 5he beam shouldbe "laced above street trees to avoid the need for tree removal1 as demonstrated with sections of the5o4yo Monorail & !ome Ja"anese monorail "illars are covered in lattice wor4 to encourage cree"ers tocover the "illar& 5his would discourage graffiti& !ee also the !inga"ore Monorail "illars&

Advertising should not be "ermitted on "illars1 monorail cars or the beamway& Cillar design should besim"le and elegant / the obDective should be to fit in with Melbourne rather than stand out from it&

Swit hing 5here is a myth that monorails have a "roblem with switching& .owever1 in reality all serious monorailsystems have switches that are used continuously in day/to/day o"eration&

5he "ro"osed system reHuires switching at the Ashburton end and from the main beamway to storageand maintenance facilities& 5his can be achieved using one of the methods e7"lained by 5he Monorail!ociety on their switch myth "age& !ee also .itachi 5rac4 !witch "age& (oth sites have video cli"s ofswitches in o"eration&

5he Melbourne Monorail would "robably use the !egmented !witches shown on the above "ages&

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Sa#ety

Monorail systems are not immune from "roblems caused by "oor design&

5he !eattle monorail has suffered a collision between two cars on a section of trac4 where the beamswere too close together& 5he beams should always be far enough a "art to allow monorails to "asswithout signalling&

here monorail "ylons are located on or near road or rail lines they should be built to withstandsubstantial im"acts without colla"se&

As far as "ossible Monorail cars should be fire "roof and "rovide some means of esca"e& .itachirecommends evacuation from one monorail train to another one on the adDacent beam / although thishas never been necessary in "ractice& .itachi monorails can also be cou"led together and "assengersevacuated through the front or rear doors& !ee .itachi web site for diagram &:

here monorail beams cross roads with a height clearance less than other e7isting infrastructure thena "rotecting beam should be "laced across the road ahead of the monorail beam&

5he monorail should draw "ower at multi"le "oints and have multi"le bac4/u" generators ca"able of atleast moving the monorail cars to the ne7t station&

All monorail stations should be staffed& !taff should be trained in first aid and be ready to assist thedisabled as well as "roviding security and information&

&ama monorail / a itachi 0arge &ype# monorail carrying o-er 1222 passengers per 3 cartrain at up to 42 km5h. (Image: Wikipedia)
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& Case Study( The To'yo Monorail

5he 5o4yo Monorail a *, edium Si6ed* itachi monorail. (Image: Wikipedia)

5he 5o4yo .aneda Monorail "rovides a great e7am"le of how well a monorail can "erform and is agood model for a Melbourne Monorail&

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)ighpoint &shburton Monorail $outei!h oint =ootscray +.3 3o ain - >ueens Road 'indsor -

+aulfield +hadstone ol es!len Ashwood - Ashburton

37ce"t for the turning loo" at the .igh"oint end of the system1 the beamway would consist of two beamssu""orted on single "illars& Cillars would generally be located on the median stri"s of maDor roads andnot result in loss of roadway e7ce"t on Kueens oad& ,lic4 = to see relevant oogle Ma"&:

Se! ent "MonorailStation

3etails Available Trans ort?nterchan!e

i!h ointReturn (oo

$>0m diameter single/beam loo" with maintenancewal4way and some stabling& Crovision for future e7tensionto Air"orts

.igh"oint !tation between .igh"oint .ome Ma4er and !ho""ing,entre&

.igh"oint bus services&

.igh"oint /+lemington

-ual/beam over Ci"e Ma4ers Car41 Maribyrnong iver and+ischer Carade to +lemington acecourse

+lemington !tation at est/end of main stadiums& =le in!ton Railway (ine+lemington Lictoria=niversity

-ual/beam over +ischer Carade and "ar4land&

Lictoria=niversity

!tation over Mills ,lose Eone&

Lictoria=niversity /+ootscray

-ual beam over Eicholson !treet1 over low/rise sho"s to+ootscray ailway !tation&

+ootscray 5he +ootscray Monorail !tation is above Irving !treet andthe +ootscray ailway !tation&

@eelon!, Altona,'illia stown, Melton,.endi!o, St# Albans lines "lusbus and tram services&

+ootscray /EorthMelbourne

-ual/beam over .o"4ins !treet and -ynon oad&5he main maintenance and Monorail storage facility couldbe located at some "oint adDacent to -ynon oad &

EorthMelbourne

Monorail !tation is over railway station& .road eadows, field and allEorth Melbourne lines&

EorthMelbourne !outhern ,ross

-ual/beam over rail trac4s leaving s"ace for future railover"asses that are needed to remove flat rail crossings inthis area&

!outhern ,ross Monorail !tation is over L6 ine "latforms near !"encer

!treet and under e7isting roof structure&

All rail services#

,ollins1 (our4e and !"encer!treet 5rams&

!outhern ,ross 37hibition

Monorail e7its through new o"ening in !outh wall over,ollins !treet and in front of the new Age building along!"encer !treet& -ual beam crosses over rail viaduct and

arra iver to 37hibition !tation& !ome loss of "ar4ing in!"encer !treet&

,rown Monorail !tation is over or near ,rown ,asino near,larendon !treet& +ootbridge to 37hibition ,entre&

!t& Bilda1 Cort Melbourne1 AlbertCar4 5rams&

37hibition !outhMelbourne

-ual/beam over ,larendon !treet1 hitman !treet1 Bingsay !treet ; another route over the M$ 5oll way&

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!outhMelbourne

!tation near the intersection of !turt !treet and Bings ay& !turt !treet and Bings aytrams

!outhMelbourne /-omain

Cower !treet1 !turt !treet1 Bings ay1 Car4 !treet

-omain Monorail !tation is over -omain tram interchange All !t& Bilda oad 5rams-omain /

eo"old-ual/beam over !t& Bilda oad north service lane overtrees: and (owen ,rescent to Kueens oad& (eam overstreet trees& !ome loss of car "ar4ing s"aces&

eo"old !tation over Kueens oad ) eo"old !treets& ,onnectingwal4way from Albert Car4 to Armadale !treet over Kueenand !t& Bilda oads&

!t& Bilda oad 5rams

eo"old orne

-ual beam continues over centre of Kueens oad&

orne !tation over Kueens oad ) orne !treets& ,onnecting

wal4way from Albert Car4 to .igh !treet over Kueen and!t& Bilda oads&

!t& Bilda oad 5rams

orne indsor

-ual/beam along Kueens oad to Crinces .wy&

indsor ;ver Crinces .wy& Sandrin!ha (ine#,ha"el !treet 5rams

indsor Malvern

-ual/beam along Crinces .wy& Cylons on Eorth side ofcentral median stri" with beam over street trees&

Malvern ;ver or near Malvern ailway !tation& lenferrie oad and .awthorneoad 5rams&

+ranbourne, 9a)enha and=ran)ston (ine

Malvern ,aulfield

-ual/beam along Crinces .wy and then along !ir JohnMonash -rive&

,aulfield ;ver !ir John Monash -rive adDacent to ,aulfield ailway!tation&

Cossible monorail stabling over current rail wor4 yards:

+ranbourne, 9a)enha and=ran)ston (ine#Eo ? 5ram&

,aulfield /,arnegie

-ual/beam along !ir John Monash -rive and -andenongoad 6 Crinces .wy

,arnegie !tation over Bornang oad&,arnegie /,hadstone

-ual/beam along -andenong oad 6 Crinces .wy1entering sho""ing centre near -avid Jones&

,hadstone !tation in1 over or ne7t to ,hadstone !ho""ing ,entre& ,hadstone bus services,hadstone

.olmesglen

-ual beam along Middle oad and arrigal .wy over N:

Monash +reeway&.olmesglen Monorail !tation at 3ast/end of .olmesglen 5A+3 near

railway station&@len 'averley Railway (ine#

.olmesglen Ashwood

-ual beam along arrigal .wy median stri"&

Ashwood !tation near .igh !treet arrigal .wy intersection Ashwood/ Ashburton

-ual beam above .igh !treet median stri"&

Ashburton Monorail station over Ashburton ailway !tation car "ar4&(eam switch to allow trains to return to .igh"oint&

Ala ein Railway (ine

AshburtonTer inus

!tabling for several monorails over rail easement Eorth ofstation between red tennis courts and rail line &

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)ighpoint Southern Cross Station Seg"ent

Monorail "ath shown in red& 37isting heavy rail M35 lines shown in blue&

Ma"s courtesy of oogle Ma"s:

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%o 'lands * %on aster Monorail $oute3oc)lands (onsdale Street Albert Road oddle Street &astern

=reeway 3oncaster Road S rin!vale Road - *unawadin!

37ce"t for the turning loo" at the -oc4lands end of the system1 the beamway would consist of twobeams su""orted on single "illars& Cillars would generally be located on the median stri"s of maDorroads and not result in loss of roadway& ,lic4 = to see relevant oogle Ma"&:



-oc4lands Return (oo

A single/beam loo" around the doc4lands area with astation&

!outhern ,ross !tation over the -+; near !outhern ,ross .igh"oint Ashburton Monorail All other rail lines&

onsdale !treet -ual/beam over treesMelbourne,entral

!tation over Myer/end of Melbourne ,entral abovewal4way:

All loo" services

onsdale !treet -ual/beam over treesCarliament !tation near Carliament ail !tation All loo" services& 5rams&

Albert oad ).oddle !treet

-ual beam over trees&

Eorth ichmond in4 to Eorth ichmond ail !tation ,lifton .ill ines1 5rams.oddle !treet -ual/beam over treesLictoria Car4 Monorail !tation is near railway station& ,lifton .ill ines3astern+reeway

-ual/beam on median stri" with "rotective barriers&

,handler Monorail !tation near ,handler .ighway& (uses3astern+reeway


(ur4e Monorail !tation is near (ur4e oad (uses3astern+reeway


(ulleen oad !tation near intersection& (uses

3astern+reeway


-oncaster oad !tation near intersection& (uses& Eo >8 5ram 5erminusNN

-oncaster oad -ual/beam over median stri"-oncaster!ho""ing,entre

!tation over or in !ho""ing ,entre (uses

-oncaster oad !"ringvale

oad

-ual beam continues over centre of road& !everal stationsin this segment&

Eunawading !tation near Eunawading rail station& (eam switch toallow trains to return to -oc4lands& ine could bee7tended down !"ringvale oad&

ingwood ine 5rains

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The Southern Cross $i h"ond $ail Subway 5he 4ey bottlenec4 is between +linders !treet and !outhern ,ross !tations where there are only si7trac4s to carry all 3ast/ est traffic& A short rail subway can solve the "roblem while 4ee"ing theenormous costs involved with subway construction to a minimum&

5his two/trac4 2 4m subway could run under the ,(- with 3astern "ortals near 37hibition !treet and aestern Cortal near !outhern ,ross !tation & A single underground station would be "rovided under

+linders !treet with escalators u" to +linders !treet station& 5he above subway should be built to allowe7tension to +ootscray1 ,aulfield or elsewhere at a later date&

5he "ro"osed rail subway route is shown in blue on the above ma"& 5he "latform at !outhern ,rosswould be Dust north of the (our4e !treet "edestrian wal4way& 5his subway could connect Altona1

illiamstown ) erribee services to one or more eastern lines&

+n reasing Train Capa ity without a Subway ;ne of the 4ey Dustifications for "ro"osing an 3ast/ est rail subway is to increase the ca"acity of thesuburban train system& 5he "ro"osition is that the e7isting four trac4s between +ootscray and ,aulfieldare at ca"acity and two new trac4s are needed&

.owever1 if signalling across the networ4 is enhanced to allow trains to run with 2/minute headway

most of these "roblems can be solved& 2/minute headway is already attained in the evening "ea4 in thecity loo"& .eadway of 2/minutes or less is common on the Moscow1 Caris and ondon metros&:

.etter Ti etablin!5o fully utilise e7isting trac4s trains should be run in OburstsP& ;n the -andenong line this would involverunning the following services in the following seHuence in twenty/minute bursts from the city on the-andenong trac4*

$& +!! ? / i""sland 37"ress Ca4enham !ervice Cassenger or +reight:2& oo" / Ca4enham 37"ress -andenong !ervice $?& oo" / Ca4enham 37"ress -andenong !ervice 2 "ea4 hours:>& oo" / ,ranbourne 37"ress ;a4leigh !ervice $

& oo" / ,ranbourne 37"ress ;a4leigh !ervice 2 "ea4 hours:%& oo" / owville 37"ress ,aulfield !ervice $


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!ince the i""sland services originate from +linders !treet !tation only ten of the above services travelvia the single ,aulfield =nderground oo" trac4& Assuming trains run with a 2/minute headway theseten services could run every 20 minutes& 5his then "rovides the following level of service*

3estination +urrent evenin! ea)services er hour

9ro osed evenin! ea)services er hour

i""sland 5wo 5hreeCa4enham +our !i7,ranbourne 5hree !i7

owville *oneB ine not built yet: !i7!tony Coint ;ne every other hour ;ne > every hour +ran4ston +ive !i7 from loo"1 two from +!!,heltenham +ive !i7

.ere is a sam"le 20/minute segment for the -andenong ine& +or sim"licity it starts at $Due to single track to Stony >oint only one ser-ice 5 hour is practical at this stage.

?stimate does N@& consider use o' third track so more ser-ices should $e 'easi$le.

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Eote also that the timetable is Ocloc4 faceP& 5he ,aulfield to Ca4enham "assenger need only rememberthat there is a train at 9 "ast1 29 "ast and >9 "ast each hour on every day morning and night& In "ea4hours there is an e7tra train in case she canGt get on the first one&

5he only Huestion mar4 over this is the assum"tion that the networ4 is ca"able of safely running with 2/minute headway& If not1 clearly wor4 is needed to bring the signalling system u" to internationalstandards& 5his is li4ely to be far chea"er than building e7tra trac4 in a subway& !ee !chedule&7ls forfurther details&

A similar result can be achieved on the !ydenham line& In the following e7am"le ? (endigo/line trainsare scheduled and can run at $004mh: with 9 !ydenham trains in "ea4 hour& At best % !ydenhamtrains are scheduled currently with (endigo/line trains often forced to travel at below %04mh&

Eote that !ydenham !ervice? would need to o"erate out of !outhern ,ross and not via the oo"&

Sample Sydenham 0ine train schedule showing two 0

>'

'0Sydenha% (ine Schedule

(endigo !ervice!ydenham !ervice$!ydenham !ervice2!ydenham !ervice?(endigo !ervice!ydenham !ervice$!ydenham !ervice2!ydenham !ervice?

M i n u t e s
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Seven +ar Train SetsMany new train sets would be needed to o"erate an im"roved timetable& All new train sets should befour/car sets& 5hese can be matched with e7isting three/car sets to form seven/car sets which are themost that can be accommodated at the loo" stations&

$e o""endationsCroceed with a feasibility study of the monorail o"tions&

Croceed with the design of a 2 4m !outhern ,ross ichmond rail subway&

Croceed with other "ublic trans"ort "roDects made "ossible by E;5 building a $

east west monorail

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