Re: [NSW] victim to early running train!

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

must really be the altered runnings then. They're usually 09 and 39min  past
the hour

however there were no notices at all about such altered runnings.
"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hubert Lam wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> You seem to be lacking in fact.    The trains around that time from
Burwood
> going North were at 14:29 then 15:09.  So, the train in question was about
5
> minutes late.
>
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> David Johnson
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