Re: Question: AustrailiaTrain Sims. +more q's

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Peter Cook wrote:

> The question shouldn't be why aren't they electrifying all the way to
> Bombaderry, rather why are they electrifying Dapto-Kiama.
>
> With the FreightCorpse Electric fleet all but out of regular service (and
> all other NSW rail operators relying solely on Diesels (unless you count
> NSWRTM (4638)), the only electric trains that are likely to grace the line
> towards Kiama are V, L&G sets.
>
> IMHO they should be building more DMUs to increase the service frequency and
> number of carriages, rather than electrifying the line and then having to
> build more interurban EMUs (or having to reduce the number of cars on other
> services or cut back on maintenance to free up more cars).

They want to reduce the return running time Kiama - Bomaderry to under 1 hour so
they can run the service down there with one Endeavour.  This would release sets
to go to Newcastle, so they could retire the 620s.

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David Johnson
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