Re: Overland via Ballarat question

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

"James C." <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > If they were padded "excessively" the Overland shouldn't have been as
> late
> > as often as it was. In case you've forgotten, The Overland used to be
> called
> > "The Overdue" for good reason.
>
> I found out what keep this train late most of the time is the curvy yet
> steep Adelaide Hill area. Sometime some other train failed at this
> region and caused delay to Overland.
>
> Late arrival and departure of XPT will cause Overland delay as well. On
> number of occasion Overland either divert into platform 2 or wait at
> Footscray for XPT to clear the line. Sydney-Melbourne XPT should be
> rename "Overdue" these days, the train rarely ran on time lately.

They were discussing the lateness of The Overland *prior* to gauge
conversion - lateness of the XPT would not be an issue.

> >If the schedules were "padded excessively"
> > it would have been early or on time more often than late.
>
> Present TT have padded between Ararat and North Shore Geelong and
> between NS Geelong and Spencer Street.

Present TT is irrelevant to what was being discussed.

Dave