Re: [NSW] Olympic Sprint (was Why keep Clyde?)

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

I think that outside significant passenger generating events/busy times the
Olympic Sprint could be an "on demand" service.

Just one two car set.  If a passenger arrives at OP or Lidcombe and there is
no train you have a call button/intercom (with a video link to deter
hoaxers) to call the train.  If the train is there away you go with no wait.
Run it as DOO or have a person at each end that double as driver/guard to
minimise turnaround time at Lidcombe.

Even if you just miss a train you call and have one 13 minutes later which
is little different to 10 minutes now and offset by the times you can jump
straight on a service or have to wait 6 minutes for it to come from the
other station.

The accumulated periods with no service demand may produce significant
benefits in flange and rail wear reduction.

Chris


Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au> wrote in message
8udmcd$qrl$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au">news:8udmcd$qrl$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au...
> > Bad memory, the northern side of platform 1 is a few feet off Church St?
> So
> > you want them to spend a millions for a few dozen/hundred passengers who
> > already have a platform?
>
> Why not.. Carlingford - all to OLP around and back to Carlingford?
>
> That way, you remove the Olympic Sprint train (that runs with the capacity
> of a Carlingford train) and turn 2 shuttles into one. And you don't have
to
> block the main line at Lidcombe. (Wait time at Carlingford.)
>
> Or would that be sensible..
>
> Much more exciting as a driver to do a big OLP loop than that silly little
> slingshot run they do now...
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Tony.
>
>