Re: Keswick or Adelaide Station?

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:30:36 +1100

Maurie Daly wrote:

> Lots I suspect, but part of the XPTs slowness is the idiotic policy of the SRA
> of going backwards and converting places like Kyogle Loop, Loadstone
> Loop,Glenapp and bromelton into unnattended electric staff stations so every
> train has to stop.

You have to admit there are hardly enough trains to warrant paying staff full time just to
work these trains through.

> WE have CTC all the way from Telarah to Casino,you cant tell me that the SRA
> cant afford to extend it to Greenbank.

SRA wouldn't be interested in that. They only run one train in each direction each day.

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David Johnson
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