Re: [QLD] Pedestrian hit by train at Runcorn

["Michael Pfeiffer" <mpfeiffer@iprimus.com.au>]

The whole up/down fiasco has always been confusing to me. I just assumed QR
used the same system as NSW, i.e. Up trains to Brisbane (or Sydney in NSW),
down trains away. But maybe it was the other way around...

I always think what comes up must come down. Up trains take people to work
in the morning, down trains bring them home in the evening.

Having just read John Kerr's posting to QRIG I can see how sensible the QR
system is!!!

Cheers,
Michael

a n d R e w ; <rods42@hotmail.comspam> wrote in message
news:9e55sn$kfp$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> If often think of the Toowoomba - Brisbane range, as a general
> rule, to remember which way is up and down too. As Brendan has
> said, Brisbane to Toowoomba is UP, as is Brisbane to the Cold
> Toast. Kuranda to Cairns is also UP, as far as I know. There are
> several exceptions to the rule - I don't know what they are.
>
> John Kerr explained it fairly well on the QRIG list some time
> ago - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qrig/message/1346
>
> Also, if you know the train number, you can also use the rule
> that even train numbers are up - just remember that insipid soft
> drink 'S-EVEN UP'. Have a look in your Beenleigh/Cold Toast
> timetable.
>
>
> CHEERS
> ANDREW
>
>
>
>
> "Brendan Morley" <morb_@_bit_._net_._au> wrote in message
> news:3b060837_5@news01.one.net.au...
> > Think of it this way,
> >
> > A train travelling Down from Toowoomba to Central will end up
> travelling in
> > the same direction as a train travelling from Robina to
> Central (i.e. in a
> > general northerly direction).  Otherwise there would be a
> break of direction
> > at the junction of the Western and Southern lines (~500m west
> of Roma
> > Street).
> >
> > Brendan
> >
> > "John Lambert" <trebmalaj@knilortem.ten.ua> wrote in message
> > news:3b045e8e@news.metrolink.net.au...
> > > I thought that City to Robina was "down" as this related to
> the situation
> > > that trains went "down the range" from Toowoomba to Brisbane
> (the first
> > main
> > > line) and likewise throughout the rest of Queensland.  Ie:
> Kuranda to
> > Cairns
> > > is "down".
> > > Central Qld Coalfields to Hay point is "down".  City to
> Ferny Grove is
> > > "down" whilst  City to Ipswich is "up" (towards Toowoomba).
> IIRC, QR uses
> > > the terminology of "Up" and "Down" differently to other
> Australian States.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>