Should there be a Northern Beaches train line?

The need for a line to the northern beaches is critical. The lack of proper transportation is putting the Northern Beaches into gridlock at peak hours and weekends. To get to the city from Avalon or Newport, the travel time is est. 1h25m, and at peak times this can rise to just under 2hrs.

Today I decided to go and investigate a little more. I went to my local shops in Northern Sydney to find out what the public had to say on the train line debate. Here is what a few had to say -

Matt: 
If you asked the people that live there i bet 90% say no to a train line, the beaches are nice on don't need to be destroyed by the masses, if you live on the Northern beaches then you brought knowing there is no line. Concrete and mass transit has its place in the city and other places need trees and less people or they will be destroyed and turn into a Bondi/Manly look and feel, which is not good. The cost would be massive as per the landscape and it wouldn't be profitable or the power that be would have done it 80 years ago or last year.

Anonymous:
The problem is the masses are moving there. Congestion is getting worse and beyond the point of ridiculous. Rail is the only the means of transport than can move massive amounts of people. If you were to ask this question in the 1990s, you would get a 90 percent disapproval. Its 2015 and Sydney is chocking, especially the Northern beaches. Well over 50 percent of the Northern beaches residents want rail.

Nick:
The Northern beaches line should've been built 80 years ago. Some of the longest commutes in the world are from the Mona Vale to the city

I also ran a survey across 50 random people.

 

- Tim