Re: [NSW] Numbers on Signals

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Stuart Ellis wrote:

> Jane Campbell wrote:
>
> > NS - actually it stands for Newcastle to Sydney (or vice versa) I read it in
> > a safeworking manual once.
>
> Sorry, you are very far from it. NS stands for North Suburban nothing else
> SH is for the North Shore
>
> the following list of some of the identifications in the Sydney metrop region.
> SM Sydenham
> LD is for lindfield,
> GD is for Gordon

Not Glenfield?   What is GN?

>
> HY is for Hornsby
> BN Blacktown
> ST Strathfield
> SY Sydney
> NSY North Sydney

Generally, not always, the letters are the First and Last letters of the controlling
location.

eg, RS = Rhodes, GE = Granville, etc.



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