Re: [NSW] rolling stock during games

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>]

Hubert Lam wrote in message
<39bf2971$0$26551$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
>* West intercity (SYD-KTO), mostly 6 car V sets
>* North intercity (SYD-NTL), i think should all be 8 car V sets
>* Olympic Park Metro (SYD-OLP, BAK-OLP), all T sets
>* North intercity (NSY-GOS), mostly G sets, many T sets in the peak as
>frequencies increase
>* North all stops (HBY-HBY via Central), all S sets (may be the occasional
K
>set)
>* West, mostly K sets, with the occasional S set
>* South, mostly S sets (i did spot an 8 car C set today), only one or two T
>sets (as most would've gone into the Olympic Park Metro runs)
>* Bankstown, all R sets, probably with a few C sets as well
>
>I have no idea what happens in sector 1, so if someone knows please add to
>list.


There were massive fleet rearrangements to meet the Olympics timetable.

STN 900 for last Tuesday night / Wednesday morning involved numerous empty
movements between Campbelltown, Hornsby, Waterfall and Penrith.

There was explicit remarshalling of four R sets into three S sets at Hornsby
and one of the Newcastle 2DDK sets was to attach 22 spare cars at Hornsby to
form three S / K sets.

The Olympics timetable uses 1158 suburban cars and 230 intercity cars,
compared to 1090 and 210 in the standard timetable.  Details for the
suburban cars appear below in .csv format.  I haven't attempted to count the
intercity sets!

Additional cars are made available by completing refurbishment programs and
by re-scheduling 90-day inspections away from the Olympics.

I *think* the suburban fleet totals 1218 cars.  I'm pretty sure that all 450
Tangara cars are in service.  I'm not sure how many C/K/L/R/S set cars exist
after the last decade of incidents, but I think the total is 768.

The C/K/L/R/S set cars include 56 Tulloch cars (4797, 4839/40, 4843-95).
There were 725 stainless steel cars (3001 - 3080, 3501 - 3608, 3741 - 3765,
3805 - 3986, 4011 - 4099, 4101 - 4274, 4921 - 4987) but I haven't kept up
with scrappings -- if 768 is the correct total then 13 stainless steel cars
have been scrapped.

The "% of fleet" figures below are based on the assumed total of 768
C/K/L/R/S set cars.  In counting the sets, I've included Springwood in
"Sector 3" but tried to keep Gosford and Wollongong separate from suburban
workings.  The figures are for daytime usage -- three of the Gosford sets
and two of the Wollongong sets join the late-night Olympic Park shuttle to
give a total of 29 trains.

Rgds

Bill

SWTT May 2000

set,Sector 1,,Sector 2,,Sector 3,,Sector
4,,W'gong,,Gosford,,Newcastle,,TOTAL
-,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets
,cars,,% of fleet
6-C/R,-,-,13,78,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,13,78
2-K,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,4,8,4,8
4-K/S,-,-,-,-,1,4,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,1,4
8-K/S,-,-,-,-,25,200,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,25,200
2-L,-,-,-,-,-,-,2,4,2,4,-,-,-,-,4,8
6-R,8,48,-,-,14,84,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,22,132
8-S,10,80,22,176,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,32,256,686,89.3%

4-T,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,1,4,-,-,1,4
8-T,6,48,20,160,15,120,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,41,328,332,89.7%

4-G,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,5,20,1,4,-,-,6,24
8-G,-,-,-,-,1,8,-,-,1,8,4,32,-,-,6,48,72,90.0%

tot,24,176,55,414,56,416,2,4,8,32,6,40,4,8,155,1090,1090,89.5%

OLY WTT September 2000

,Sector 1,,Sector 2,,Sector 3,,Sector 4,,W'gong,,Gosford,,Newcastle,,TOTAL
,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,cars,sets,
cars,,% of fleet
6-C/R,-,-,23,138,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,23,138
2-K,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,3,6,3,6
4-K/S,-,-,-,-,1,4,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,1,4
8-K/S,-,-,-,-,38,304,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,38,304
2-L,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,2,4,-,-,-,-,2,4
6-R,9,54,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,9,54
8-S,9,72,21,168,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,30,240,750,97.70%

4-T,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
8-T,6,48,7,56,2,16,24,192,-,-,3,24,-,-,42,336,336,90.80%

4-G,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
8-G,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,3,24,6,48,-,-,9,72,72,90.00%

tot,24,174,51,362,41,324,24,192,5,28,9,72,3,6,157,1158,1158,95.10%