Re: [NSW] Olympic Timetable, Day 1 report (Northern Line, Olympic Park Metro) plus some sightings

[magilla gorilla <choochoo72@mailcity.com>]

No such thing as a 2 car s set, A 2 car set is an L set and A four car L set is
wrong too it would have been 2 L sets together

Hubert Lam wrote:

> * On the northern line today at around 8.45am, there was no huge increase in
> patronage
>
> * almost all trains arriving at Central from the west and north (platform
> 16) and from the South and Bankstown (platform 17) were arriving 3 min early
> from 9.15 to 10am (undoubtly due to the very lenient timing)
>
> * passengers were quite "well behaved", ie. not much running towards closing
> doors
>
> * in the afternoon, trains departing Central also ran early or on-time.
> Northern line trains from 4pm began to get a little packed in the middle
> carriages.
>
> * Good to see the entire fleet of Olympic Park Metro (from Central to
> Olympic Park) trains being T sets, mostly from sector 1 (only a few from
> sector 3).
>
> * Also the half-hourly North Sydney to Gosford via Strathfield was done by G
> sets. The peak hour ones from 4pm (all stops from Strathfield to Hornsby)
> were mostly T sets rather than G, as most would have ended up at Gosford at
> around 3pm. Again due to the very generous timing these services ran on
> time.
>
> * With rolling stock allocations, much of the S and R sets from Hornsby have
> changed hands and gone to Flemington instead. One sighting is S69 on black
> plate and also blue plate!!! (hehehe Eric will love this)
>
> * A 4-car L set has also appeared in sector 3 (!!!), but i couldn't catch
> the number. It was attached to a sector 2 S set. Sighted at Central at
> 2.15pm