Re: Carlinford line (was Cumberland Line)

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

and falsely advertise that they're "upgrading the railway system to provide
additional capacity" :-)


Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au> wrote in message
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> Busses on Carlingford line when Olympics are on, same for Cronulla.
> Don.
>
> Jonathan Lau wrote:
>
> > They used to run Red Ratter "Y" sets (3 cars in a M-T-M config) in the
late 80's to
> > Carlingford.
> >
> > A two car "L" set could even do the job, between the am & pm peak hours
and run 4 car
> > sets during peak hours. It will be interesting to see if they do that
while the
> > Olympics are on in September.
> >
> > Jon Lau
> >
> > David Bromage wrote:
> >
> > > Jonathan Lau (jonlau@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > > : The Carlingford line is a definite "go away, we don't want you"
line. I took a
> > > : ride on one of the services yesterday. One service per hour using a
4 car "S"
> > > : set, 1 Driver, 1 Guard & 1 level crossing attendant at Parramatta
Road & only 10
> > > : passengers doesn't generate much $$$.
> > >
> > > Why do they even bother running 4 car sets on the line? Last time I
> > > travelled to Carlingford it was a T set doing the yo-yo. Surely this
is a
> > > job for a 2-car K set or similar.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > David
>