Re: [NSW] Olympics observations - Fri 22/09/00

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

My riverstone train did a 7 car overrun at parramatta platform 4 one day.
stoped for about 40 secs whilst the bell was rung numerous times, and then
it departed.

Also at lidcome the same thing, but the guard opened the doors told everyone
to go to the rear car. No one did....

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Paul Jones


"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I managed to spend some more time last Friday watching the CityRail
network
> in action.  And damn impressive it was.
>
> Sydney Terminal was crawling with media as well as CityRail head honchos
> (inc. Simon Lane) at 0630.  Passengers loads were obviously lower that
> desired this early however, down SOPs between 0630 and 0710 were leaving
the
> city with average loads of about 250 passengers.  The routing of OP bound
> passengers through the Devonshire Street tunnel was worked perfectly for
> crowd separation from what I saw.
>
> 17 down SOPs passed through Flemington between 0826 and 0927.  Average
load
> looked to be about 1,500 passengers.  Two exceptions had loads of around
700
> suggesting they did not take on passengers at Syd Term.  With 17 trains in
> just over the hour some queuing at OP was obvious from Flemington at 0915.
>
> Platforms 1 & 2 at Olympic park were performing well after 1600.  Each
train
> appeared to both offload 1,000+ passengers and than take on another
1,000+.
> SOPs were maintaining 5 minute headways (per the 'table).
>
> In the evening SOPs were carrying 1,000+ passenger loads from well before
> 2200 until 0015.  15 SOPs/hour was maintained with no dramas.  Trains
> weren't being overloaded - average loads appeared to be about 1,300.
Crowd
> behaviour was excellent and the upbeat mood was maintained by the
abundance
> of street entertainment.  BOP loadings were about the same per train at
> around 1,300 but only 12 trains/hour were in action.  BOP loadings fell
> right off at 2340.
>
> Some other items:
> An 8 car S-set put in an impressive 4 car overshoot on the up at
> International Terminal station at one point.  Of course an 80m reversal
was
> required.
> A guard scared the shit out of themselves as their train arrived on the
down
> at Green Square station.  The guard's left foot was dangling from the
> doorway and caught the end of the platform at about 30km/h.  No obvious
> injury (the train left about 20s or so after stopping).
> The first up North Shore trains after the 15minute 'tabled break were
crush
> loaded mid afternoon.
> Punctuality was exemplary.
> Generally the trains I saw except for some early am Saturday all carried
> very health loads.
>
> On Saturday night at 2300 Penrith station car park (south side) was 90%
> full.  Blaxland station Car park was 75% full.  If only this was always
the
> case.
>
> Chris
>
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