Re: Illawara Tangaras

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

<whitewaterhead@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> I am a regular passenger on the Illawarra and North Shore services and
> I know a little bit about trains.
>
> Getting to the point...
>
>
> 1. Are there actually any Tangaras servicing the Illawara line? Exactly
> how many of the 20-odd Sector 1 T-sets run on the Illawara line? (not
> during games period)
>
> The only Tangaras I've seen on this line seem to be only for the
> intercity services.

Then they would appear to be "servicing the Illawara line".

> Cronulla services are always crappy 8 car S-sets
> (weekdays/weekends/night services)while the Waterfall/All Stops
> services are mostly R-sets (extremely packed trains in peak hour)
> Cityrail is crazy to run 6 cars trains in high peak.

So you'd rather have no train?

> 2. Will a/c eventually be fitted for the old Illawara R/S-sets

Yes.

> like the K-sets?

No, just for the Drivers and guards.


> 3. Will any of the new 4GT trains service the Illawarra line or are
> they only for Sector 3 like the K-sets? (i.e. for the new Paramatta -
> Chatswood link)

Ask again in a couple of years when there's a few around.