Re: [NSW] Observations from a CityRail client (semi-long).

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> > "David Bradshaw" <davidbradshaw@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > > * Trains have been running efficiantly and frequently.
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> > Post Olympics - gone. Back to the tight timetable which doesn't work.
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> 3 min headways for double deck stock, especially at peak times, seriously
> does not work. It is impossible to fit 20 trains/hr on to say, Central
> platform 16 an hour in the morning.
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> 4 min is much more realistic, but will services really have to be cut
down?

Get rid of all six-car trains and run slightly less eight-car trains - same
number of seats but with slightly higher headways.

Dave