Re: XPT's @ Olympic Park? WTF?

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> Paul Jones wrote:
> 
> > Would it not be eaiser to just stay on the freight line and not go through
> > olympic park???
> >
> 
> Usually, they only use OP when they run via Strathfield on the Local lines, then
> use OP to turn the train around and head North.

On this occasion, according to STN1101, they were actually tabled to run
via the MAIN from Sydney Terminal via Strathfield to Olympic Park to
North Strathfield, presumably because of no access via either direct
route between Strathfield and North Strathfield. If (as someone else
claimed) they ran via the freiight lines, this was contrary to the STN.