Re: Connex train splitting

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

"Michael Hendy" <spam.sucks@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Roderick Smith wrote:
>
> > There is also the problem of booting the customers out while it is done.
I
> > contacted the company, and was told that there is an Australian standard
> > requiring this: something which I doubt.
> > Many countries split and combine emus regularly with passengers aboard
(eg
> > Netherlands); even paranoic USA and UK have trains combining and
splitting
> > with passengers aboard.
>
> Some Central Coast services do that in the mornings here in Sydney, they
> split at leat one 8 car V set at Gosford with the first 4 cars being
> limited stops to Newcastle, and the rear 4 cars being all stations.

There is one run which is an 8 car set out of Sydney, and divides at
Gosford - the front 4 cars continue to Newcastle, the back 4 terminate, and
combine with another 4 cars from Newcastle, giving 8 cars back to Sydney.
Seems a very sensible way to manage the high-demand part of the journey.

Dave