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Re: Trains to Newcastle.

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Trains to Newcastle.
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:45:46 +1100
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David Bromage wrote:

> David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> >A most-stations train takes 2 hours 53 minutes Sydney-Newcastle.  A
> >few-stations train takes only 2 hours 22 minutes.  This is a saving of 31
> >minutes.  A no-stations train would be able to easily save another 10
> >minutes.
>
> That brings you down to 2 hours 12 minutes. 3801 did it in 2 hours 1.5
> mins in 1966(?). Why can't an express V set do any better?

They could - providing that they are not blocked by anything, and you raise the speed
limit for V sets to 130 km/h, and let them run to XPT speedboards.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman

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