Re: The Ultimate Challenge - Travel by CityRail for a Week !

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

yes the afternoon is a problem.

Mainly because "The River" stops at Meadowbank, West Ryde, Eastwood, Epping, Beecroft, Pennant Hills
then Hornsby, which makes it only marginally faster than a suburban "semi fast" train that skips
stations south of Parramatta River and Denistone. Also if the "Greatest Trains in Australia" coming
from Sydney Central are late then it has to wait on the down north relief line (at Concord West) to
wait for the high speed crossovers to be available after the late "Greatest Train" zooms past. and
then you have the North suburban services to Hornsby and Epping stuck behind "The river".......



"Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message 3916AB0B.1DAB8983@ozemail.com.au">news:3916AB0B.1DAB8983@ozemail.com.au...
> I meant in the afternoon. But I'm just going from what I heard.  Sometimes when I'm on my way home
from
> work, my train (16.24 Parra-Lithgow, the greatest train in the world) is a few mins late and I
hear the
> "This train has been cancelled..." announcement for the River (16.27 ex Parra BTW).
>
> Oh well.
>
> Anita.
>
> Hubert Lam wrote:
>
> > I see "The River" most mornings and it's not OFTEN cancelled, just runs late because it's 2 cars
and
> > people don't know where it stops on the platform. It's often late and never arrives Epping at
7.11am
> > (have to change at Epping sometimes because "The Greatest Train In Australia (for what it's used
> > for)" couldn't run on time to get me to Hornsby by 7.16am!!!!)
>
> --
> Anita Lukaszyk
> neety@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety
>
>