Re: Illawarra Meltdown 8/3/00

["Mitch" <this.is.not.my@mail.bigmailbox.com>]

Rain plays hell in trains.. I won a competition to guess how late my train
was going to be. I won :)

My morning train was ~ 5 minutes late. That is nothing for CityRail.


<eikkert@my-deja.com> wrote in message 8a6fd8$602$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8a6fd8$602$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
| What happened yesterday on the Illawarra line?
|
| Approx. 7:30 - 8:00AM the following occured (most probably due to the
| rain):
|
| 1. The 7:26 at Hurstville (5:40 Port Kembla - Sydney) arrived at 7:39.
| 2. The 7:32 at Hurstville (7:02 Cronulla - Bondi) arrived at 7:36
| 3. The 7:39 at Hursvtille (7:06 Waterfall - Bondi) Commenced at ENGADINE
| and departed Hursvtille at 7:46
| 4. The 7:41 at Hursvtille (6:22 Dapto - Sydney) departed at 7:52 and
| stopped at Waterfall and Heathcote
| 5. The 7:44 at Hursvtille (Hurstville -Bondi) departed on time but...
| 6. The 8:00 & 8:14 at Hurstville (Hurstville - Bondi) trains Terminated
| at ARNCLIFFE.
|
| I can understand 3&4 since there is a scissors crossing somewhere near
| Engadine but why were the all stops trains terminating at Arncliffe???
| If it was an attempt to get trains back onto time, the only possible
| crossing would be just before the entrance into enfield. which is AFTER
| Tempe. Why not terminate the trains at Tempe so as passengers can catch
| both East Hills trains and Illawarra trains instead of making everyone
| cram onto the Illawarra trains. So what happened????
|
|
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