Re: Trains to Newcastle.

[ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:45:46 +1100, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>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.
>
>--


  How long does it take for the XPT to get from Central to
Broadmedows???