Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:Bj8J4.85$uj.420178@news0.optus.net.au...

> Probably not. The 4-car set has to spend alternate mornings at Eveleigh
> for servicing. The way it can be done has been described here ebfore.
>
> 1) Replace the Grafton XPT with a 4-car Explorer.
> 2) Replace the Armidale Xplorer with a 2+5 XPT.
> 3) Run a 2-car Xplorer between Moree and Werris Creek, connecting with the
>    XPT.
> 4) Put the other 2-car Xplorer on the Griffith run 3 days per week,
>    combined with the 11.43 Canberra as car as Goulburn. You'd get 3
>    services per week.

2+5 XPT to Armidale? It would have to be a dedicated set. Bets option would
be to make it the 2+6 that comes off ST2 in the morning (that currently goes
to Grafton), having it form ST1 when it gets back the following afternoon.

For the Griffith, you could make it daily (or more likely, six days a week)
by having it as a connection off ST3/4 at Junee. Making it 6 days a week
would allow for a Monday to Friday connection at Junee, a direct service to
Sydney on Saturday, service overnight on Saturday, returning as a direct
service on Sunday.

What would be the servicing options with the Moree set? Run it six days a
week Sun to Fri on the down, Mon to Sat on the UP and then MT cars to
Broadmeadow? Would allow for servicing from Sat afternoon until Sunday
morning, which should be ample.

Dave