Lots of people wrote, so much deleted to avoid somw confusion! :-)
> > 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.
I'm surprised they didn't turn that one into stopping all stations like
all the other long distant runs! This morning (Tue), I caught the 7:38
F/S to Belgrave (nearest match on the standard timetable is the 07:30
Belgrave, express Rich -> Glenf. -> Camb -> Box Hill). On this morning's
run, very few people got on at all, let alone the stops that it normally
doesn't stop at.
> 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!!
This morning, the platform indicators & screens at the entrance to F/S
(Swanston St end) said that the 7:38 Belgrave was leaving from platform 7
(or was that 9?). In actual fact, it left from platform 4! No sign of
where the Ringwood-only trains were leaving from. Also, last night & this
morning, none of the loop station screens were turned on (platform 4 at
least). Last night there were many people wandering around Central just
before 7pm wondering why there were no trains! The screens should have at
least been programmed to tell passengers to catch a tram to F/S (which has
been done in the past).
> > > 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.
Don't worry about that, not even the guy at East Ringwood knew that until
I told him the other morning - he only had a pile of the weekday tables!
It was rather strange seeing platforns 7 & 8 at Richmond almost deserted
at about 7:50am, even though there was a train in plat. 7. Mind you,
there was a rather desperate-sounding voice telling everyone to stay on
board & change at F/S!
Mick.
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