Re: [NSW] Airport line and G23

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

G32 was with G23 today, on the Down Illawarra Local at around 11am.

So maybe we have G23 AND G32 transferred??

"Kv1kv1" <kv1kv1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Come on folks, lets be serious.
>
> G23 on the airport line on weekends is only a by-product of the real
reason
> behind the transfer of G23 to sector 1. It is to make up for the lack of
V-sets
>
> on the south coast. With the bulk of the V-set fleet going up the Central
Coast
> in the peak, that doesn't leave much for the south. The problem is so bad
that
> in addition to the 7 G-sets running express services to Dapto/Pt Kembla -
> Sydney Terminal increasing numbers of T-sets are being used for south
coast
> services during the peaks and even off-peaks.
>
> Typically, the peak express services during the afternoon have many
G/T-sets.
>
> ie A typical afternoon peak for South Coast services:
>
> 4.19 Central Thirroul    8 car T-set always
> 4.22 Central Pt Kem 4 car G-set OR 4 car T-set
> 4.36 Syd Term Dapto 4 car G-set OR 4 car V-set OR 4 car T-set
> 4.52 Central Pt Kem 8 car G-set/T-set OR 4 car T-set OR 4 car G-set
> 5.06 Syd Term Dapto 4 car G-set OR 4/6 car V-set
> 5.22 Central Pt Kem Always an 8 car mixed G/T-set. Sometimes an 8 car
>                       T-set.
> 5.36 Syd Term Dapto 4 car G-set normally but can be V-set
> 6.06 Syd Term Dapto 4 car G-set always (almost always G7)
>
> Generally if an V-set is typically used on a service but is not avalible a
> G-set will be used in instead. Probably Mordale has 3-4 spare G-sets
resting in
> the off-peak.
> When these are used down the coast to replace V-sets it has an knock-on
effect
> on peak services in the afternoon.
>
> You will then see some empty 4 car Campbelltown/Flemington T-sets rushing
to
> Mortdale just before the afternoon peak in preparation for south coast
> services. Obviously this scenario happens often enough for T-sets to
feature
> regularly in the afternoon
> peaks.
>
> The point is, people are going to notice there are too many T-sets doing
the
> interurban services and will start to complain. Probably the guy running
the
> Mordale depot is pissed off about having to run so many of his T-sets
(Mordale
> only has 12x4 car T-sets) on the South Coast. So Cityrail has decided to
cover
> this problem with the swapping of G23 and T11 to quell the complaints.
>
> Thus South Coast passengers are finally partially compensated. However you
look
> at it, South Coast passengers have been shafted and Sector 1/2 passengers
are
> paying for it. The real losers are of course are the Campbelltown
passengers,
> having one less T-set avalible for their use. Why can't Cityrail just
transfer
> G23 to sector 1 and have Mordale transfer a S-set to sector 3?
>
> Now with the transfer of G23 to Mordale I have noticed that the 4.52
> Central-Dapto has now become a 8 car G-set instead of the normal 4 car
G-set,
> although I don't think this arrangement will last long. By next week this
> service will become an typical G/T-set combo.