Due to family commitments, my wife and I have had a number of visits to Melbourne. During those visits we have experienced Melbourne's public transport, in particular the trains and trams. Where possible I prefer to catch the train. The trains are faster and carry more people than trams or buses.
While I still like the trams, in many places, especially where streets are relatively narrow, the traffic blocks the trams. If the light rail in Newcastle is to be expanded, this needs to be considered. This is why I say where extensions are built needs to be determined by those who know what they are doing - engineers and planners; not developers or politicians. Just look what happened when they closed the railway and put the light rail in Hunter Street.
