Re: cityrail 10 & 12 car trains

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>]

Are long trains ever used on shuttles from Sydney Terminal to Rosehill? I
remember the Rosehill platform is incredibly long.

Jacqui Maynard <jacqui1904@one.net.au> wrote in article
<390ce95b@pink.one.net.au>...
> Hi,
> 
> 8 Car trains are still the maximum on CityRail's network because of shortage
> of railcars but mainly because most station platforms only allow a full 8
> car set to stop on platforms. Any more cars on a train would be left hanging
> off the station platform.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Luke Watson
> http://www.geocities.com/lukeysmegaplex/trains.html
> 
> 
> 
> <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
> news:390BD46E.68247CCC@enet21.com.au...
> > Hi,
> >
> > A couple of years ago there was a mad rush by cityrail in extending
> > station platforms for I assume 10 & 12 car trains. I don't see any
> > trains of this length in service (8 is the maximum?), so is it because
> > of a shortage of rolling stock or unions ?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> 
> 
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