RE: "customers" demand an extra carriage

[Peter Cook <petercook2705@MailAndNews.com>]

Why not simply run the service as First Stop Penrith - There are plenty of 
other services that can deliver passengers from Strathfield, Granville and 
Parramatta to Penrith where they can join the express.

It is lot harder for a passenger to get off when the train doesn't stop than 
to evade the revenue collectors should the service be made pick up only.  
Plus, running the service as an express wouldn't require any additional 
staff 
or create a scene on the trains or the platforms.

The same goes for Eastwood, Epping and Hurstville.  There is no real reason 
why passengers from these stations can't take one of the many trains to 
Hornsby or Sutherland and join the peak hour expresses from those stations.

On another topic, now that CityRail has had its moment with the 
international 
media, showing off it's 'All Double Decker Fleet' (never mind the Endeavours 
and 620/720s), would it still be possible to put a U Boat or four back into 
service?  (i.e. Have they all been sold off yet?)


MrPC



>===== Original Message From Hunslet <hunslet@cia.com.au> =====
>Marvin The Martian wrote:
>
>> Have you ever thought that cityrail hasn't got the extra carrige? They 
don't
>> come out of thin air.
>>
>> Scott Beecham wrote:
>>
>> > A commuter handed me a leaflet containing the following on today's 
somewhat
>> > packed 6:32 pm to Mt Victoria:
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------
>> > The 6:30 pm to Mt Victoria is only a 4-carriage train and is always 
crowded!
>> > ----
>> > THIS TRAIN NEEDS AN EXTRA CARRIAGE
>
>G'day.
>
>To provide an "extra carriage", it would be necessary to provide a minimum of 
two
>cars (a trailer and another power car).   These are simply NOT available.   
So
>desperate is SRA for intercity rolling stock that suburban Tangaras are being
>provided on some "G" set outer-suburban rosters to release G sets for V set
>workings, particularly on the South Coast;  also, there is a serious proposal 
to
>convert the Contura  trailer car back to a normal passenger vehicle.   In
>addition, the Glenbrook power car is to be rebuilt.   The intercity rolling 
stock
>situation will be made more difficult with the extension of electrification 
from
>Dapto to Kiama later this year.
>
>There is a simple solution to the longer distance travellers on this service,
>actually the 1832 from Sydney Central, one that State Rail would most likely
>listen to.   At present, the train conveys passengers from Sydney Central to
>Strathfield, Granville, Parramatta, Penrith then all stations to Mount 
Victoria.
>Strathfield, Granville, Parramatta & Penrith could be made "pick-up" stations
>only, so that the service would be advertised as first stop Emu Plains, 
thence all
>to Mount Victoria.   Extensive alternative services are readily available to
>shorter distance customers.   After suitable local advertising, the "first 
stop
>Emu Plains" would be enforced by on-train ticket inspectors.
>
>Hunslet.

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