Re: Why keep Clyde?

["Peter Cook" <deletethispetercook@nospam.optusnet.com.au>]

This may seem like a tedious line of questioning, but if somebody could
please enlighten me -

Assuming you were to crossover from the up main to the up suburban at
auburn, what sort of blockage would that create on the down main?  I.e. how
long will the down main be blocked to allow this crossover?
Would the loss of such a window make it significantly harder to run special
services (i.e. tours & other conditional or one-off services) on the down
main?
Would the down suburban have enough capacity to take up the excess?


MrPC
ICQ 58337073

"Malcolm Purvis" <malcolmpurvis@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> David> c) makes no sense.  Clyde is on the up side.  Rookwood is on the
down
> David> side.  There is no direct route from Carlingford to Rookwood
without
> David> shunting.
>
> It makes no sense if you terminate at Lidcombe platform 1, but what about
on
> platform 3?  IIRC, the crossover can occur somewhere near Aurburn station.