Re: Paralympics today (Transport that is)

["Sean" <NoSpam@Hello.Springwood.Rail>]

Strathfield Yesterday at 14.45 V72 pulled in with first stop Olympic Park
than Lidcombe then Grandville etc you think they would have used a C/K/S set
for this run.


"Paul Jones" <Zifnab@goconnect.net> wrote in message
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> Today i caught a V-set from seven hills to olp, and much to my suprise and
> dismay, it stoped all stations to parramatta, granvil, lidcome and then
olp.
> Why is this?? would it not be better to use faster un/loading trains??
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> Paul Jones
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> <maikha_l@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > To all ausrailers
> >
> > Today I had gone to the Paralympics. (The events I was at was
> > Wheelchair Basketball and Athletivs)
> > ---
> > On the way by train, I travelled in a C set and on the Olly loop I
> > spotted V69!!!
> > Back at St Marys I had also spotted T69 (Please will you stop following
> > me around the rail network. I've already seen you 5 times after the
> > Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
> >
> > My feedback is that I really like the transport, trains ran mostly on
> > time (some only minutes off), there were attendants at every door (at
> > Olympic Park) and Volunteers were giving directions.
> >
> > ---
> > For the V69, what's the issue with this? I'm told that there was a
> > discussion that there was no V69 as all 6 Car V's were numbered only up
> > to V68.
> > ---
> > I'm seeing Olympic Park services are run by V Sets to the City.
> > At St Marys (where I caught my train) V70 stopped on the Down track.
> > minutes later arrived on platform 1 which was Olympic Park service (By
> > the way, Hello Neety, Coincidently met up with her today).
> > ---
> > At Olympic Park (In the afternoon going home) the City bound platform
> > had mostly V SETs coming in (sighting V69 again) with only one Tangara.
> > On the West bound, were mostly the Surburbans.
> > This made me of course jealous as why couldn't I go from B to A the
> > same way city bounders do?
> > ---
> >
> > Overall I'am very satified with the transport. Throughout all trips I
> > travelled in Surburbans that were fully air conditioned! (One of my
> > replies here to Air Condtioned S Sets)
> >
> >
> > Maikha "V" Ly
> > http://www.geocities.com/microchip_689
> > P.S. When I mean Jealous, I don't mean in the very negetive way, only
> > as an expression!
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