Re: [NSW] New Southern Railway Timetable outlines

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> > "Gnome 412" <gnome412@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > > 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!).
> >
> > Well, that is intelligent, it has a driver and a guard, why don't they
run
> > it as a passenger train? About the only advantage I can see to running
it MT
> > is that can send it off when it is ready to go, rather than waiting for
a
> > timetable.
>
> It runs as a passenger service stopping all stations to Kingsgrove, then
> Sydenham.  Then it runs empty to Mortdale Sheds.  This is logical, because
while
> the driver is changing ends, the guard empties the train, and then it
doesn't
> need to stop again.

That is much better, the original post had it running empty all the way from
Macarthur.

Dave