Re: [NSW, Ci-tyra-il] Airport Link

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

"Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> The City Outer and Illawarra Local carried at peak times, in the last
> timetable, 16 trains/hour.  Changing this to 18 trains/hour on the City
> Outer, then sending  8 of the trains via the Airport, doesn't do anything
> for congestion.

The City Railway has always been signalled for close headways, so its
hard to see what you point is?

> Somewhere between the "great idea" and implementation, things that have been
> forgotten include
> *    usually, if you build a railway line, you build rolling stock too

Given that it is primarily the diversion of the inner end of an
existing route, new rolling stock its not essential per se. 

> *    usually, if you build a railway line to connect with an airport, you
> provide some accommodation for airport-style luggage.

The simple fact is that no matter what was done at the airport end or
on the trains, the trains were always going to end up in the City at
stations that are not designed to cope with  moving a lot of luggage
around.  It is simply pointless to expect to attract any significant
number of airline passengers *with a lot of luggage* to the rail link.

Cheers,

Bill