Re: [NSW] Some runs losing carriages

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Hubert Lam wrote:

> Noted today:
>
> * R31 lost 2 cars to run as 4 cars, saw in the morning at around 7.30am going to Richmond (at
> Burwood) and also at 3.30pm in the arvo heading to Hornsby (at Beecroft)
>
> * a few more K sets losing 2 cars (one example is K79, formerly K19 (can be seen as having the "1"
> being changed to a "7")), to run as C-T-C-T-T-C (6 car K sets). Also K3 was attached to another
> 4-car K set last Friday to run as 6 cars (C-T-T-C-D-C)
>
> Would these two examples above mean that the trains *may* run more "on-time" if time wasn't wasted
> waiting for the "missing" carriages to be recoupled at maintenance centres?

The most likely cause for the second example would be that K3 required essential maintenance at
Hornsby, and was not available to go to Newcastle, so they sent a 4 car set instead.  K3 then would
have replaced the 4 car set coupled to another 4 car set making 6 cars instead of 8.


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