Re: "customers" demand an extra carriage

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

Hunslet's suggestion is better.  Make the 1832 service a "u" job ("Stops to
pick up only") at Strathfield, Granville, Parramatta, Blacktown and Penrith.
There is a suburban that leaves Central a little before 1830 that stops
Redfern, Parramatta, Blacktown and all to Penrith that has an abundance of
seats and fits the bill nicely.  The 1800 Sydney Terminal - Lithgow service is
another candidate for the "u" treatment although with 6 cars the crowding
usually isn't quite so bad.

As for skipping the intermediate stops altogether it's a pain in the arse.  As
a regular Hazelbrook - Penrith commuter it's frustrating having no direct
service arrive at Penrith between 0655 and 0755 each morning with the Fish and
Chips both express through Penrith and one service starting at Springwood.

In the pm it's 1648, 1732, 1846 direct home from Penrith (with 4 other
intermediate services not stopping at Penrith and 2 others only going to
Springwood).  When possible to change trains at Emu Plains in either direction
it adds about 10-15 minutes to a 45 minute journey.  I know several other
Mountains dwellers/Penrith workers who've ditched the train not so much
because it's slower but because of the paucity of service at peak times.

I'll take a U-boat back west on a local Mt Vic - Penrith trip in the peak
(however improbable).

Chris

Peter Cook <petercook2705@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
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> 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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