Re: Platform assignment at Flinders Street

Iming Chan (translib@netspace.net.au)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:21:54 -0700

John Dennis wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have to meet my 12-y-o son at Flinders Street on Friday. He will be
> arriving on the 1:39pm up Lilydale, but I have totally lost track of
> which platform he is likely to arrive on.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
Hi John,

According to the W.T.T., the 13.39 up Lilydale is scheduled to arrive on
Platform 3 at 14.36 (Flinders Street) to form the 14.44 down Belgrave.
May I stress that this assumes the Metrol does not altered the train
running. My suggestion (to deal with the unexpected platform arrival)
is to meet your son at Richmond (arr. 14.32 on platform 8 and if Metrol
decides to make a last minute alteration, it would arrive on platform
7). This way, the chance of meeting your son is far better than at
Flinders Street, because that train could arrive on one of the platforms
between 1 and 9!!

Cheers,

I.C.