Re: Line beyond......

[Hunslet <hunslet@cia.com.au>]

David Johnson wrote:

>
> > Is any general track upgrading part of this project? I always used to be
> > mystified as to why trains were so slow between Wollongong and Kiama,
> > although the curves and grades are mostly quite gentle. One of my hobbies
> > used to be matching the curve and gradient diagrams against a table of max
> > speeds on curves, to get a theoretical speed (a rough and ready exercise,
> > since I paid no regard to gradients). Wollongong-Kiama non stop (max speed
> > 70mph) came to about 23 minutes.
> > The present timetable is a little faster than it was 30 years ago, but not
> > that much.
>
> The maximum track speed for 145 km/h Endeavours is 100 km/h.
>

There was a proposal to increase the track speed for Endeavour sets south of
Kiama (with electrification to Kiama), so as to permit a Kiama-Bomaderry-Kiama
one hour return working with some stand-over time at Bomaderry and Kiama, so as
to meet peak period hourly inter-urban services.

Hunslet.