Re: NSW North Shore Line

[Adam Hayhurst <Adam_Hayhurst@rta.nsw.gov.au>]

Actually 70 STA buses were supplied between Wynyard and Hornsby , the
70  buses were off return Moore Park traffic ( SFS) AFTER the completion
of the match , they were re routed to Wynyard - Carrington St to assist.

Bill Bolton wrote:
> 
> Adam Hayhurst <Adam_Hayhurst@rta.nsw.gov.au> wrote:
> 
> > -- At Approx 11pm the power between wynyard and Hornsby was cut after
> > the electrical storm , buses to replace trains in both directions until
> > power is restored, unknown completion time .
> 
> Trains were terminating at North Sydney end and were still heading
> south from Gordon, so it wasn't cut off from Wynyard to Hornsby.
> 
> I was waiting to pick up someone from the City at Gordon from around
> 10:50pm and during this period several trains departed heading South
> and eventually two trains came in heading North, one at around 11:30pm
> and another at around 00:15am.
> 
> At about 11:15pm I rang 131500 to find out why no Northbound trains
> had appeared and was advised the trains were being replaced by buses
> due to weather related problems.  Shortly thereafter a van pulled up
> at Gordon and man wearing reflective Sydney Buses rain wear started
> organising the first of a steady stream of buses/coaches that started
> appearing.  The buses/coaches bore signage from all over NSW, so they
> had obviously been drawn from the ORTA route fleet.
> 
> The Olympic visitor I was waiting for arrived on a bus at 00:15am,
> just as a Northbound train pulled in, it had taken him 2 hours to get
> from Wynyard to Gordon, but he was still impressed with the speed with
> which the replacement bus service had been organised and put in place.
> 
> Apparently someone jumped in front of a train out West somewhere
> (Harris Park?) and service on the West were also disrupted last night.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill

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