Re: [NSW] New Southern Railway Timetable outlines

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Gnome 412 wrote:

> eikkert@my-deja.com wrote in message <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?
>
> The existing 08:00 ex Hurstville becomes a 07:52 ex Sutherland, stopping all
> to Oatley, then Illawarra Line Hurstville (08:05), all to Kogarah, Wolli
> Creek, Sydenham, Redfern to Bondi Junction.  This takes a bit of load off
> the Cronulla / Waterfall trains at this time of the day.
>
> The replacement 08:02 ex Hurstville stops all to Sydenham, then Redfern to
> Circular Quay.  This train's previous trips are 06:26 Macarthur (via
> Tempe) - Quay 07:29 - Hurstville.
>
> It seems that the opening of the Airport Line and its limited junction
> arrangements are tending to break down the rigid segregation of "Sector 1"
> (Waterfall/Cronulla - Bondi Junction) and "Sector 2"
> (Campbelltown/Bankstown - Quay) schedules.  This 08:02 ex Hurstville may
> have been conceived, not as a service improvement, but rather as a way to
> "get rid of" a train that can't run Airport - Quay - Airport.
>
> In the evening, the 16:58 Bondi Junction to Hurstville returns to the city
> for a 18:06 Quay - Airport - Macarthur (then runs empty all the way back to
> Mortdale!).

Nice fast trip into town  from Hurstville.  Interesting that it needs a relay
driver due to short turn around time.


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David Johnson
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