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Re: Re:[NSW] Nth Sydney platform 3 (was Artarmon Platform 1)
- Subject: Re: Re:[NSW] Nth Sydney platform 3 (was Artarmon Platform 1)
- From: "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 07:57:34 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
- References: <390BD46E.68247CCC@enet21.com.au> <390E762A.31466954@ozemail.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:7599
North Sydney down terminating road (platform 3) is really bad. Whenever a
Tangarbage terminates, there is always a door off the end of the platform, or
inside the tunnel. In contrast, the neighbouring station Milsons Pt is longer
than 8 cars by about half a car.
Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<390E762A.31466954@ozemail.com.au>...
> "chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
> >
>
> On the topic of platforms, Platform 1 (up platform) at Artarmon is really
> only 7.8 Cars long!! The last door of the last carriage would often end up
> on the sloping end of the platform, requiring passengers to jump out of
> the last door and on to the slope.
>
> The SM had someone from per way come and measure the platform and they
> confirmed that it was short by several metres. This was because the
> platform was on a slight curve and they think that someone stuffed up when
> they built it in the early 1900's.
>
> I think the above problem was rectified by moving the stop location of 8
> cars trains further up the platform, although it still happens from time
> to time, depending on the driver!
>
> Jon Lau
>
>