Re: Re: Carl Scully is a thickhead

[Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com>]

What happened to the "dedicated fleet of modified 'R' sets with additional luggage space in their
Tulloch trailers" that Bill McNiven mentioned late last year? :-) OK, sorry but another prediction
DIDN'T come true.

That would probably take half the "problems" away from this airport line!

ROY HOWARTH got bored on 24 May 2000 12:11:04 GMT and so wrote the following:
 
          The main purpose of building the AirportLink was to relieve congestion on 
          the Redfern - Sydenham corridor. The fact that the line travels thru the 
          Airport was a means of killing two birds with one stone.
          
          One solution to the congestion problem and cater for Airport passengers 
          better is to have a two-car L-set Airport shuttle, say, between Central 
          and Turella. Another solution to the issue of luggage would be to install 
          luggage racks in the end comaprtments of the entire double-deck fleet 
          (identical to the G-sets). 
          
          This is all far to logical for "Scullywag" to digest unfortunately....
          
          Roy H
          
          <<snip>>
          > 
          >Well what is the point in having the airport link?  If it isn't for passengers,
          >what is it for?  It is far too expensive to use for regular commuters.  And it
          >stuffs up other lines due to a lack of rolling stock.  Then there is the
          >increased journey time for some commuters due to their trains diverting via the
          >new route.
          >
          >The line should have dedicated single deck cars to transport passengers and
          >their luggage.  Doing this will ease road congestion in the vicinity of the
          >airport by removing a lot of cars, taxis and buses from that area.
          >
          >I say close the bloody thing down, it will prove to be a white elephant if it
          >continues as it is now.