Re: [NSW] CityRail's New Year's Eve - some thoughts

["Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com>]

Hi

>Like other years, I suspect that during the times that pyro's are actually
>being launched off the bridge it will be closed to all pedestrian, vehicle
>and rail traffic, otherwise it's too difficult to ensure safety.

I saw the footage of the fireworks on Channel Eddie (9) from Sydney and
trains and cars were running through the early part of the fireworks in
Sydney on the bridge.


>>>Does this mean that, to get the best possible view of midnight fireworks,
>>>one just catches the 11:30 pm train from Stathfield to Milson's Point?
Or
>>>will 20,000 other people have thought of that first?  Or will the Chubb
>>>bouncers finally get to do some bouncing?

I got a good view of the fireworks by catching the 2232 extra (very empty)
interurban from Central Sydney Central Electric Terminal to Penrith after
work and watched it on Channel Eddie. Obviously most people were in the city
already as most up trains I saw and stations (except for Central "what are
we going to call it this year" station were near empty.


>
>I'm working run 107 back from Bondi Junction tonight at 2346 to Central
>(after having worked it out to Cronulla from Central at 2131, leaving
>Cronulla at 2225 for the return trip into the city), so I'm guessing my
>train will be the first one to come back from Bondi empty.
>
>I pick the same train (run 107) up again at 0143 after it's done a trip to
>Sutherland and back, so I presume that when I get it again it'll be the
>first train to run from Central to Bondi carrying passengers after the y2k
>paranoia period is over.

Good luck Craig..........at the time I write this you are halfway home
shutdown wise.......


Eric
www.erk.au.com
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