Re: Rail delay complaints spark maintenance boost

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

Paul Jones wrote:

> When i caught the ghan last year from alice springs to syd, we left 4.5 hrs
> late from alice, and we caught up 4 hrs by broken hill, 2 to adelade and 2
> to broken hill.

Huh?

> (I never know NR's could go 120....). and the ride was dead
> smooth from adelade to broken hill. Once in NSW, we slowed to at least 80,
> and still I was finding it hard to sleep, the track was so bad. we caught up
> 15 minutes from broken hill to lithgow. If this isn't an indication of bad
> track, i don't know what is....

How do you know you slowed to 80?   The track speed (which they usually do) is
115.


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