Re: [NSW] Concord West down platforms digging work

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com>]

I thought they might be used during the Olympics for peak travel to OLP,
hence the length of platforms. Just think: "The next train to arrive on
platform number 1 consists of 8 cars only. Please move to the centre of the
platform"!!!   :-)

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in article
<882ppn$i4c$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
> Have there been 10 car trains at all?
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> I've never seen one!
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> "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
> message 01bf74f2$b5162be0$0f36868b@tfboles">news:01bf74f2$b5162be0$0f36868b@tfboles...
> > That reminds me: Will extra long (10 car) suburban trains or 8car IUs
be
> > stopping there? I have noticed at OLP that the platform is *amazingly*
> > long, which seems to suggest that.
> >
> > > Concord West is going to be a second Olympics station hence the
> > lengthening
> > > of both platforms and the construction of canopies on the island
> > platform.
> > > I guess with this weekend's close down we will see the up relief at
> > Concord
> > > West re-instated and the new turnout at West Ryde installed on the
down
> > main
> > > to relief.  If I get the time I will check out progress over the
> weekend.
> > > Cheers
> > > Rod Gayford
> > >
> > > "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> > > 880rem$17u$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:880rem$17u$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > > > they have Olympic Park Station and three times the number of trains
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> > > hour
> > > > that stop there.
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> > > > "Bernard Smith" <epping.smiths@gatewaynet.bigpond.com> wrote in
> message
> > > > 9KRo4.11106$VJ1.20265@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:9KRo4.11106$VJ1.20265@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > > > Maybe something to do with the sports events to be held 1k to the
> > > west?!?
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> > > > > "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> > > > > 880ord$ssp$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:880ord$ssp$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > > > > > What is going on exactly over there? all this digging on the
> island
> > > > > > platform!
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