Re: cityrail 10 & 12 car trains

["Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com>]

The Rosehill race trains are usually either part of the normal
Clyde-Carlingford shuttle and/or 8 car train or trains from the North Shore.
For this reason, the train is max 8 cars long.

--
Eric
http://www.erk.au.com
Jonathan Boles <mousewithglasses@mail.com> wrote in message
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| 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
| > >
| >
| >
| >