Re: [NSW] victim to early running train!

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

there were only additional services from hornsby to concord west (with the
Central Coast trains turning into 8 cars and making an additional stop at
Concord West).

No extra services on the down direction at all.

There was no altered running apart from the abovementioned extra stop for V
sets

"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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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