Re: Trains to Newcastle.

[Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>]

There are trains that skip all the smaller stations but in total, it only
saves about 10 minutes or so on the trip.

Having traveled that line many times, I have found it to quite reasonable.
The line doesn't really straighten out till WoyWoy.

Ashley Wright wrote:

> While driving to Newcastle today to see my family a thought came
> across me. Why do trains to Newcastle take sooo long to get from
> Central to Newcastle? What is it that realy slows the trains down?? If
> it is the alignment of the track on the Sydney side of the Hawksbury
> why havn't the governments looked at introducing some form of tilt
> train. (Correct me if I am wrong but the alignment on the newcastle
> side, although curvy is actually good for reasonably quick running).
>
>  If it is the number of stops made between Gosford and Newcastle why
> dosn't city rail introduce quick trains stopping only at say
> Strathfield, Hornsby, Gosford, Tuggerah, Morrisett, Broadmedows and
> all it Newcastle. Those wanting intemediate stations changing for
> connecting local trains??. Surly their would be a BIG market,
> especialy in the Central coast area for very quick trains to Sydney
> and indeed Newcastle.



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Eben


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