Re: NSW - First Stop Penrith in OGTT?

[maikha_l@hotmail.com]

In article <39c6ccc7$0$32380$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
  "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
> "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > Tezza wrote:
> > > "Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com> wrote in message
> > > > I just flicked through the suburban timetable for the Olympics
and
> noticed
> > > a service that leaves Central at 1022 (from intercity platforms)
and it
> is
> > > > shown as first stop Penrith then Emu Plains.
> > >
> > > Yet it's only 5 minutes quicker than the 10.29 from Central,
which has
> 14
> > > more stops!
> >
> > That's because it is tabled 2 minutes behind the SOP out of Sydney,
then
> when
> > the SOP turns off at Flemo, The BOP jumps in front at Lidcombe.  It
runs 2
> > minutes behind the BOP to Westmead before crossing to the slow
tracks to
> run
> > behind a Richmond train.
>
> Waste of time making it an express - if you can call it that.
>


Is the 10:22am an Intercity service to the mountains? Since it departs
from an "Intercity Platform" and has only 2 stops along the western
line!

It's strange, there's no listing of any 10:22am in the Blue Mountains
line timetable, maybe I'm in-correct, oh well......


Maikha "V" Ly
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