Re: NSW. North Coast XPT Service.??????

["Glen O'Riley" <glen.oriley@DESPAMlinx.iwarp.com>]

Generally coming from Sydney, at Taree the 11am & 4:45pm trains run
reasonable but the 9:30pm is mostly 1hour or more late, I lived close to the
station till about a month ago and you could set your watch  to 10:30 when
the XPT went through the crossing on the northern end.


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> > Running was ok, lost time out of Sydney but had generally caught it up
> > by Taree.
>
> I've noticed that XPTs have a habit of losing time in the Sydney Metro
> areas, even with a clear track. But the timetable itself has quite a bit
> of recovery time.
>
> I thought a plan was in the works earlier this year to add a bit of fat
> into the Northern XPT times so as it wouldn't run consistently late.
>
> Just remember: "Countrylink cannot guarentee connections where the time
> between services is less than one (1) hour"
>
> That always inspires confidence in me, basically they cannot guarentee
> to be within 60 minutes of the timetabled arrival time.
>
>
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