Re: [NSW] CityRail fixed up it's act?

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Rob McDonald <robert.mcdonald@kilo.uws.edu.au> wrote in message
news:38EAC08A.80AA7CD7@kilo.uws.edu.au...
> Hubert Lam wrote:
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> > Don't know if this has only occurred to me this week, but every train
this week that I have been on
> > has been spot on time, with only one cancellation (I was actually on
that service that was running
> > too late to even be transposed, so it terminated at Strathfield) on
Wednesday afternoon.
>
> Just good luck, I think. Last week the Blue Mountains Line had major
delays caused by signal failure at
> Blackheath (any suggestions that what Simon Lane says about signalling are
absolutely scurrilous).
> Yesterday the same service involved in the Glenbrook disaster was held up
for about 15 mins at
> Glenbrook station without explanation while driver and stationmaster ran
up and down platform, leaving
> regular passengers shitting themselves wondering what had gone wrong this
time. Eventually we were told
> there was a problem with the doors. On my return trip home an afternoon
service (normally gets to
> Penrith) was more than 15 minutes. During that time we were entertained by
two public address calls for
> a Justice of the Peace, who for reasons unknown was needed in the Penrith
control box. Love to know why
> if anyone knows. The week before there were violent bumps on an evening
service as the train pulled
> into Blaxland. Passengers were not told why but the fault was with the
brakes. (Thanks to Dave Proctor
> for other suggestions why but it wasn't just problems with braking on wet
tracks.)
>
> I will not bore you with the details of the trackwork "timetable" which as
usual operated throughout
> last weekend.
>
> Rob McDonald
> Hazelbrook
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