Re: [NSW] Regents Park vs. Granville lines?

["geoffrah" <geoffrah@nospamhotmail.com>]

Yep, same problem throughout much of the network - the faster limited stops
service catches up with the slower all stations train.
> I don't understand why the expresses from Campbelltown have to stop at
Riverwood, Padstow >and Kingsgrove (and sometimes even Panania and
Revesby)..... the only thing I can think of is to
>stop it catching up to a slower all-stations train from East Hills.

This was a while ago but I think they tried something along the lines of
running 2 express Campbelltown services close together (don't know what they
do now since I've been in Canberra since 1996) - a fast Campbelltown express
at 5.17 (would miss Glenfield and Macquarie Fields and a few others)  from
Central and the usual Campbelltown express at 5.20pm. From memory, the 5.17
service would catch up to the all stations to East Hills service ahead of it
by about Beverly Hills and would then dawdle along all the way to East
Hills. The 5.20 service would then also get caught behind by about Padstow.
I would often end up ignoring the overflowing Campbelltown services at
Central - wait for the next East Hills all stations service (on which I'd
invariably find a seat) - get off at East Hills and then hop on the
following Campbelltown service (usually getting a seat as well). A little
longer - but if you wanted a seat .....

> Also another bugbear I have with the East Hills line is that, in peak
hour,
> all-stations-to-East Hills sets outnumber express-to-Campbelltown by a
> factor of 2 to 1. I used to fume with frustration on Platform 23 at
Central
> while I would wait for two all-stations trains which were only half-full,
> only to see the Campbelltown express train pull up and get squeezed in
like
> a sardine! (They are often filled up by Circular Quay).
>
> Regards,
> Bradley.
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