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Re: Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record

Subject: Re: Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record
From: "Glenn J-B" <grjb@optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 06:52:55 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: @Home Network
References: <3AD54414.D7C01EAE@fang.omni.com.au> <2SbB6.2546$W7.4877@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <K2cB6.144555$lj4.4477177@news6.giganews.com> <%mcB6.2626$W7.5654@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <RtcB6.144571$lj4.4478275@news6.giganews.com> <3AD588BB.4060306@bigpond.com> <3ad66860$0$25502$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <3AD7A670.222A0DB5@iprimus.com.au> <eWNB6.2470$hb.5817@news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au> <9b8r47$8b5eh$1@ID-65853.news.dfncis.de>
Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:34975

> > Why shut Stratfield to St Mary's to ballast a section of track at
> Doonside?
> >
>
> Proabley overhead work, or joint welding.
> Last shutdown one track from blacktown to seven hills was dug up and
> replaced.
>

Isn't it weird though that only a couple of years ago if an entire line was
ripped up, they would introduce block working and run trains wrong road over
the affected section. Quite a few times I caught a citybound train on the
Down Suburban line, or arrived from the city on the Up Main at Westmead. Now
they only seem to line the pockets of the bus companies.

References:
- SRA admits liability for rail crash
  - From: David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au>
- Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash
  - From: "Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com>
- Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash
  - From: "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>
- Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash
  - From: "Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com>
- Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash
  - From: "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>
- [NSW] Ian's whinging (was: Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash)
  - From: Michael Hendy <spam.sucks@bigpond.com>
- Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record Was Re: [NSW] Ian's whinging (was: Re: SRA admits liability for rail crash)
  - From: "Mercia Chapman" <mchapman1@optusnet.com.au>
- Re: Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record
  - From: Anita Lukaszyk <neety@iprimus.com.au>
- Re: Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record
  - From: "Tony Gatt" <baulko@optushome.com.au>
- Re: Stop Defending Cityrail Attrocious Record
  - From: "Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com>

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