Re: [NSW] RSA takes two weeks to repair broken points on CityRail line

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Passing through Clyde late on Friday I noticed that two of the frogs on the
diamond for the up west and down Carlingford line had been removed and
replaced with plain rail for the up west line - so rather than the points (or
perhaps as well as the points) it appears the diamond is the main problem.

On through running Carlingford trains, about 15 years ago a down Mountains
U-boat I was on (well loaded with fare paying passengers) was diverted through
Clyde Yard on the line closest to the up west.  Is this no longer possible?

Chris

Peter Ware <pwware@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
3A68A127.A88EC6F5@ozemail.com.au">news:3A68A127.A88EC6F5@ozemail.com.au...
> On Thursday 18th the points linking the Carlingford/Sandown lines to the
> main western line at Clyde failed. All through trains between
> Carlingford and the City terminated at Clyde. The normal Clyde -
> Carlingford shuttle services were unaffected.
>
> Now a notice has appeared at stations on the Carlingford line
> apologising for the failure (a nice touch) and stating that because of
> the failure, there will be no through trains until Monday 5th of
> February when the points will be repaired. That's over two weeks to
> repair them! Apparently, like my new lounge sofa, they are being hand
> made in Italy!!!
>
> The shuttle trains (and presumably, the Sandown container services)
> would be unaffected because they can enter and leave via the sidings at
> Clyde yard.
>
> Come-on RSA/SRA (or whatever the recombined-devolved relevant authority
> is now called), you can do better than that!!!
>
>
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