Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
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Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby LateStarter » Mon Jun 12, 2023 2:45 pm
Any early ride reports, looks good on the "artist's impressions" / maps, otherwise I might have to get out that way this week.
Saw also that the Alfred Street bridge, which is adjacent to the "end" of the Light Rail cycleway (until they build new connecting bits?), was "now" due to open in August.
Parramatta CBD might become a good place to live? (returning to my westie roots after a life time as an inner city trendy)
https://www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov ... th-updates
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby g-boaf » Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:00 pm
It was open the weekend before last actually with plenty of people already using it.LateStarter wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 2:45 pmABC this morning said it was open, Light Rail website says it is "available to use" / "open". Light Rail itself is still 6 months away ?
Any early ride reports, looks good on the "artist's impressions" / maps, otherwise I might have to get out that way this week.
Saw also that the Alfred Street bridge, which is adjacent to the "end" of the Light Rail cycleway (until they build new connecting bits?), was "now" due to open in August.
Parramatta CBD might become a good place to live? (returning to my westie roots after a life time as an inner city trendy)
https://www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov ... th-updates
https://www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov ... ike-riding
Parramatta CBD might? become a good place to live? It already had really good cycling infrastructure compared to a lot of other areas, particularly Parramatta to north-western Sydney, to Richmond, to Eastern Creek, then south western Sydney and further beyond. It has been that way for years and years.
Now, you can ride on a cycleway pretty much almost all the way from Carlingford pathway to Camden.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby robbo mcs » Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:50 pm
The ride is actually quite a long gradual uphill climb to Carlingford. This segment is around 95% of the track
https://www.strava.com/segments/34576743?filter=overall
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:18 pm
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby splash_dad » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:10 am
Easy ride from Carlingford Station as it's downhill.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby caneye » Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:15 am
Yes! It's been worth the wait.mikesbytes wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:18 pmLooks like it will be quite a useful route for those that live in that area.
Otherwise returning to Carlingford - you always have to ride with traffic on busy Adderton Rd (uphill all the way to pennant hills road) and Dudley St (bus route).
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby queequeg » Mon Jun 19, 2023 2:43 pm
Same for me. My route from Olympic Park back home is a little bit easier now. I would normally come off the Parramatta Valley Cycleway and go up Park Rd/Adderton Rd, then across the Jenkins Rd and ride the Jenkins/Oakes Rd rollercoaster back up to Aiken Rd. It looks like now I can extend further along the cycleway to where the light rail crosses the river, make a right and get all the way up to Carlingford without any traffic lights. Very happy!caneye wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:15 amYes! It's been worth the wait.mikesbytes wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:18 pmLooks like it will be quite a useful route for those that live in that area.
Otherwise returning to Carlingford - you always have to ride with traffic on busy Adderton Rd (uphill all the way to pennant hills road) and Dudley St (bus route).
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby splash_dad » Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:38 am
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby LateStarter » Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:47 pm
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby g-boaf » Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:32 pm
The worst on the Old Windsor Road T-Way is the massive intersection to get over to the path that runs onto the start of the M7 with the crappy badly positioned extremely narrow bollards and steep uphill immediately after them and big drop-off at the edge of the path onto rough dirt.LateStarter wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:47 pmI did it last Friday, fairly impressed. Highlights the grossly missed opportunities on the likes of the Old Windsor Road T-Way path (all the 3 stage beg button cycle crossings) while the T-Way sails overhead on a bridge) and the inner west "Green Way" (much reduced & late thanks to Transport minister Gladys killing it in 2011, "it was a Labor promise"!)
Anyone on anything other than a narrow bicycle, forget it - especially something three wheeled.
And yes, the T-way zooms overhead on the bridge. The cycleway should have done so as well to avoid that terrible massive intersection.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby peter » Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:27 pm
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:47 pm
Looks really good. Also wasn't too many to share the path with which would of helped with pace
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby JPB » Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:43 pm
#OffTopicg-boaf wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:32 pm
The worst on the Old Windsor Road T-Way is the massive intersection to get over to the path that runs onto the start of the M7 with the crappy badly positioned extremely narrow bollards and steep uphill immediately after them and big drop-off at the edge of the path onto rough dirt.
Anyone on anything other than a narrow bicycle, forget it - especially something three wheeled.
And yes, the T-way zooms overhead on the bridge. The cycleway should have done so as well to avoid that terrible massive intersection.
I agree, that intersection is a pain.
To avoid the bollards, once you have crossed Old Windsor Rd stay on the path beside Old Windsor Rd and head up the hill, crossing the T-Way half way up the hill at the bus stop.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby DojoBuff » Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:19 pm
It's well lit up at night. The 4km climb to Carlingford is gradual but I felt it in my legs by the time I reached Boundary Road. That may be because I was riding into a headwind this morning.
And then there is the climb up to Pennant Hills Road. But before that my chain snapped (!) and I had to walk/"glide" down to Epping and home.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby g-boaf » Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:52 pm
I didn't know it was lit at night. Not bad at all.DojoBuff wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:19 pmTried it this morning. Nice to have a piece of cycling infrastructure that is fit for purpose (rather than all those converted footpaths). My only snag was at Yallamundi station where I didn't realise that you had to move across the tram lines to continue the cycleway on the eastern side. I ended up down a footpath to nowhere and had to double back.
It's well lit up at night. The 4km climb to Carlingford is gradual but I felt it in my legs by the time I reached Boundary Road. That may be because I was riding into a headwind this morning.
And then there is the climb up to Pennant Hills Road. But before that my chain snapped (!) and I had to walk/"glide" down to Epping and home.
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby LateStarter » Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:30 am
I haven't been there at night but the web site says the light poles have movement detectors and turn the lights on as you approach and then off when you have passed
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Re: Parramatta - Carlingford Light Rail Cycleway (Shared Path / "Active Transport Link" (!)
Postby caneye » Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:44 am
Yup, I did the same thing at Yallamundi - headed the wrong way until a bunch of eldery walkers yelled out and pointed the right path to meDojoBuff wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:19 pmTried it this morning. Nice to have a piece of cycling infrastructure that is fit for purpose (rather than all those converted footpaths). My only snag was at Yallamundi station where I didn't realise that you had to move across the tram lines to continue the cycleway on the eastern side. I ended up down a footpath to nowhere and had to double back.
It's well lit up at night. The 4km climb to Carlingford is gradual but I felt it in my legs by the time I reached Boundary Road. That may be because I was riding into a headwind this morning.
And then there is the climb up to Pennant Hills Road. But before that my chain snapped (!) and I had to walk/"glide" down to Epping and home.
Not sure what's the delay that warrants the entire closure of the track.
The detour is very short but narrow and sketchy.
A lady came off her bike just last weekend, on that stretch. She was quite upset.
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