Re: [NSW] New Southern Railway Timetable outlines

[ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Sun, 7 May 2000 15:58:42 +1000, "Chris Downs"
<cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

It does make it hard somtimes to please all people and keep the trains
running. I personaly cannot see any soloution other then mixing up
which trains run via Sydenham and via the Airport. But that makes
timetables unpredicatable which is also not a good thing. Anyone have
any ideas on how to do it?

>I haven't seen a timetable thus I'm only guessing but an extra train from
>Hurstville running semi-express stopping at Kogarah and Rockdale would
>probably relieve overcrowding from boarders at these stations.  They are
>both significant passenger generators.
>
>A couple of things with the media release:
>
>1)    "None of the East Hills trains will stop at Tempe in peak periods,
>reducing services from Tempe to the City from eight to four per hour. At
>these times, passengers from East Hills will need to interchange at Wolli
>Creek for services to Tempe, Sydenham, St Peters, Eerskineville and
>Redfern."
>read in conjunction with
>"Revesby, Bardwell Park, Panania, Bexley North and Turrella will not have
>direct services to Sydenham, Redfern and Central in the morning and evening
>peak."
>To go from Panania, Revesby, Bexley North, Bardwell Park or Turrella to St
>Peters or Erskinville you have to change trains twice, once to get to
>Sydenham and then again once you've reached Sydenham.
>
>2)    And again "Revesby, Bardwell Park, Panania, Bexley North and Turrella
>will not have direct services to Sydenham, Redfern and Central in the
>morning and evening peak."  How on earth did Central get into this list.
>
>Chris
>
><eikkert@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8f2r07$ag1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>> What exactly is the mooted extra 8:02 train from Hurstville?
>> It would have to be run on the local line since there's already an 8:02
>> Cronulla service, and since there's an 8:00am all stops (probablky
>> changed to 7:59 after the opening) this would mean two all stops trains
>> in the space of three minutes. How does this reduce overcrowding? People
>> will catch the 8:02 Cronulla limited stops service rather than the all
>> stops. This will still be full.
>>
>> Anybody?
>>
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Before you buy.
>
>

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