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Re: "The Ghan"

David & Julie Donald wrote:

> This may seem like a rather lame question, but can anyone give a fairly definite
> answer as to why WL4 ("The Ghan") seems to regularly run late.  It ran through
> Springwood this morning about fifty minutes down.
> My understanding was that Train Order working was suppose to improve running
> times, even though, as far as I am aware, the actual timetable hasn't really
> been varied all that much - just heaps of "recovery time".

The timetable was changed to allow 115 km/h non-stop running between Mt Gipps and
Goobang Junction when TOW was to be introduced.  It wasn't introduced, but the
timetable stayed.


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David Johnson
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