Re: [NSW] victim to early running train!

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

I thought I read on the CityRail web site that 2 extra trains/hour were
being run North Sydney to Epping and return via Strathfield on Saturday.

Your train may have been affected by altered running due to the first full
dress rehearsal for the Olympics opening ceremony and the use of a special
'table?

Chris

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> Fell victim today as the spate of early running trains continued. Was at
> burwood, returning home to concord west at around 2.35pm. The train was
> scheduled for 2.39pm (my watch is in sync with SPI indicators/precise time
> clocks). As I approached the bridges over Burwood Rd, an 8-car T set
pulled
> out on the down suburban and I suspected it would've been heading north
(as
> the exterior was quite clean :-) )
>
> my suspicions were confirmed when i checked the concourse SPI for trains
to
> the northern line...32min for the next train (trains run every 30min). I
> changed plans and opted for a bankstown via Lidcombe train, running on the
> down local. that train was spot on time. when i got to strathfield the
> precise time clocks displayed 14:39, but no sign of the down north train
> already.
>
>
> i admit late running has been a problem, but now "on-time running" has
gone
> over the line with trains leaving up to 5min early from stations.
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