Re: [NSW] Sector clarification (was NSW L sets

[The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Sector 4 is like the Cumberland Line: Myth
But we put up with it anyhow.

rgds

Hubert Lam wrote:
> 
> sector X (depot/maintenance centre): lines involved
> ===============================
> Sector 1 (Mortdale): Eastern Suburbs, Illawarra
> Sector 2 (Flemington): Bankstown circle, East Hills/Airport, Liverpool via Granville/Villawood,
> Campbelltown to Blacktown
> Sector 3 (Hornsby): Main Northern, North Shore, Western
> Sector 4 (Flemington): Sydney Central<-->Olympic Park<-->Blacktown corridor
> 
> Sector 1 and Sector 3 depots maintain all of the T and G sets, whilst Flemington maintains all of
> the C sets.
> Sector 4 used to be intercity lines but is now the Olympic "crush" Corridor.
> All "K" sets "live" at Hornsby
> 
> Any T sets (and the once-in-a-blue-moon G set) running around sector 2 actually come out of
> Mortdale.
> 
> Because V sets are maintained at Flemington, hence the blue target plates on them. South Coast, Blue
> Mountains and Central Coast V set services all have blue target plates
> 
> sector 4 is rather queer as the L sets (L11 and L12) used for the Olympic Park Sprint are from
> Flemington, but on Friday evenings and weekends some sector 3 maintained rollingstock is used there.
> However a majority of sector 4 services are actually run by sector 2 maintained trains.
> 
> Hope this clarifies some "mysteries"
> 
> "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> 01bf9b91$9dd1d180$ab6e868b@tom-boles">news:01bf9b91$9dd1d180$ab6e868b@tom-boles...
> > strange... sector 1 is Flemington but sector 2 is Mortdale?
> >
> >snip<