Re: cityrail 10 & 12 car trains

["Jacqui Maynard" <jacqui1904@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
>