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XPT to Adelaide (was: Re: High Speed Trains in Australia)
Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au) wrote:
>It may in some places travel fast, but from the current timetable it takes 18
>1/2 hours to get from Sydney to Broken Hill, dist 1100 kms which equates to an
>average speed of 60 km/h, certainly not in the league of fast trains,and lets
>face it , its not marketed as a fast train , its an adventure,but that
>doesnt mean that we cant have a fast train service as well.
>Even Countrylinks once per week Special from Orange will get you from Sydney
>to Broken Hill in approx 13 hours, even allowing for the change at Orange.This
>equals an average speed of 84 km/h which is a lot better.
>An XPT should be able to manage 90- 95 km/h average easily.
>Lets face it , even in Victoria,the XPT averages 106 km/h between
>Melb to Albury where it isnt allowed to run at its full speed.
>A service like this could get you from Sydney to Adelaide in about 18
>hours,which is not much longer than the current Sydney - Brisbane
>Service.
>Sufficiently innovative timetabling could see the train come back via
>Melb to form next days Melb - Sydney XPT.
>Im sure that David B could come up with a suitable schedule.
I can't resist a challenge. This includes a twice daily XPT from Melbourne
to Adelaide formed by through working from Sydney. There is also a twice
weekly XPT from Sydney to Adelaide via Broken Hill. This would require
three new 2+7 sets, plus whatever spares are desired. The only problem is
that one set will have to spend 12 hours idle in Adelaide on Tuesday and
Friday. If WT2 was to depart Adelaide at around 8am, it would be arriving
in Sydney after midnight. It may be possible to squeeze in a day return to
somewhere like Whyalla during the idle time.
WT1
Mo,Th
Sydney dep 11.55
Strathfield 12.06u
Parramatta 12.18u
Penrith 12.40u
Katoomba 13.36u
Lithgow 14.16
Bathurst 15.15
Blayney 16.08
Orange 16.20
Parkes 18.10
Condoblin 19.05
Eubalong West 18.30
Ivanhoe 21.20
Darnick 22.05
Menindee 23.10
Broken Hill arr 23.55 (CST)
Tu,Fr
dep 0.05
Peterborough 2.50
Gladstone 3.30
Adelaide arr 6.30
AM10 AM8
Daily Daily
Adelaide dep 8.00 20.00
Murray Bridge 9.50 21.50
Tailem Bend 10.10 22.10
Coonalpyn 10.40 22.40
Tintinara 10.55 22.55
Keith 11.10 23.10
Bordertown 11.30 23.30
Wolseley arr 11.50 23.50 (CST)
dep 12.25 0.25 (EST)
Kaniva 12.40 0.40
Nhill 13.00 1.00
Dimboola 13.25 1.25
Horsham 13.50 1.50
Murtoa 14.10 4.10
Stawell 14.35 2.35
Ararat 14.55 2.55
North Shore 17.40d 5.40d
Melbourne arr 18.45 6.45
Forms ST2 ST4
MA10 MA8
Formed by ST1 ST3
Melbourne dep 9.00 21.00
North Shore 10.10u 22.20u
Ararat 13.25 1.25
Stawell 13.45 1.45
Murtoa 14.00 2.00
Horsham 14.20 2.20
Dimboola 14.30 2.30
Nhill 15.00 3.00
Kaniva 15.25 3.25
Wolseley arr 15.40 3.40
dep 15.15 3.15
Bordertown 15.25 3.25
Keith 15.45 3.45
Tintinara 16.00 4.00
Coonalpyn 16.10 4.10
Tailem Bend 16.50 4.50
Murray Bridge 17.05 5.05
Adelaide arr 18.45 6.45
WT2
Tu,Fr
Adelaide dep 20.00
Gladstone 22.30
Paterborough 23.10
We,Sa
Broken Hill arr 2.10 13.40
dep 2.20 (CST)
Menindee 3.25 (EST)
Darnick 4.30
Ivanhoe 5.05
Eubalong West 6.00
Parkes 6.50
Orange 7.55
Blayney 8.20
Bathurst 9.05
Lithgow 10.05
Katoomba 10.45d
Penrith 11.41d
Parramatta 12.01d
Strathfield 12.12d
Sydney arr 12.35
Cheers
David