Re: Olympics service (Was Carlingford line & was Cumberland Line)

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

Use them anyway...they can make up at least one or two 8-car consists can't
they??


Dave Proctor <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> Bill McNiven wrote in message ...
> >The story archived at
> >http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/news/19991220/A49708-1999Dec20.html
reports:
> >* Trains to Sydney on the southern line will start from Dapto instead of
> >Bomaderry;
>
> You would have to wonder how this will help, since the only thing it will
do
> is free up some Endeavours. Where are they going to send the Endeavours?
>
> >* on the south-western line at Moss Vale instead of Goulburn;
>
> Same with this one.
>
> >* the Blue Mountains line will be shortened from its Lithgow terminus to
> >start and finish at Katoomba.
>
> Extend the Countrylink buses through to Katoomba? That will create a need
> for more buses at a time when they will need every bus they can find to
> operate as Olympic transport.
>
> >* Regional Newcastle services will be closed.
>
> Thereby freeing up even more Endeavours and 620's. Does the term
"regional"
> mean Dungog and Singleton/Muswellbrook/Scone, with Telarah counting as
> suburban?
>
> [...remainder snipped...]
>
> So where are all the Endeavours going? Supplementing local services in
> Sydney? Would operating Cronulla and Richmond shuttles be too far off the
> mark? This would free up even more sparks for Olympic traffic. (Note this
is
> totally uninformed speculation).
>
> Dave
>
>