Re: Ch. 7 News report on Jolimont Rationalisation

Translib Pty. Ltd. (enquiry@translib.com.au)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:43:56 -0800

Chris Gordon wrote:
>
> Translib Pty. Ltd. wrote:
>
> > Mick Stock wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > 7.47 Flinders St Limited Express 1 (Limited Express actually
> > should read Express To Burnley, Richmond - Not wide enough to display
> > thus use "Limited Express" for commuters to guess the stopping
> > condition)
> >
>
> It is interesting to see the 9:17 Belgrave train from Flinders Street at
> stations like Glenferrie. The PID (whatever) thing says "Express Service" This
> is because the stopping conditions for the train is Flinders Street, Richmond,
> Glenferrie, Camberwell, Box Hill, Blackburn, Mitcham, Ringwood, Boronia, Upper
> Ferntree Gully, and Belgrave. The PID thing lists the stations ie stops xxx,
> xxx and xxx only.

Well as far as I know, the subway PIDS reads:

9:25 Belgrave Limited Express 3

I have to check the one up on the platform, but I suspect it will
provide more information on the stopping condition (I hope), as the
lower level of the LED display can scroll, therefore, it probably reads:

9:25 Belgrave --
Limited Express (pause then start to scroll) Stops Camberwell, Box
Hill, Blackburn, Mitcham, Ringwood, Boronia, Upper Ferntree Gully, and
Belgrave.

By the way, the PIDS in the subway (as mentioned before) can cause some
confusion among some commuters. Yesterday, a commuter came up to the
ticket window and enquire whether the UFT Gully (he actually pronounced
as "ooft Gully") train stops at Box Hill!! He meant Upper Ferntree
Gully train. Interesting!!

> > There are no weekend "temporary" timetable available for Burnley Group
> > because the running time remain unchanged for stations between
> > Alamain/Belgrave/Lilydale and Richmond. The major change to these
> > timetables is no down (outbound) trains run via the City Loop, thus
> > leave FSS eight minutes than the previous timetable, but pick up the
> > normal running time from Richmond onwards. Oh for those railfans, there
> > are some routing alterations, too.
> >
>
> There are. I have in my little hand four temp. timetables.
> 1. Belgrave/Lilydale Weekdays (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri)
> 2. Belgrave/Lilydale Weekends (Sat and Sun)
> 3. Glen Waverley Daily (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun)
> 4. Alamein Daily (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun)

Oops my mistake. However, here at Glenferrie, we only have the weekday
timetable for Belgrave/Lilydale and the daily timetable for Glen
Waverley. Haven't seen the Alamein and the weekend timetable for
Belgrave/Lilydale yet!!

I.C.

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