Re: Tangaras in Melbourne
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au)
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:29:16 +1000
>Why does Hillside Trains run all the hitchi trains on the Belgrave/Lylidale
>line in the off peek and have all the Comeng trains sitting in the yards.
>
>Expect in the Peek it is very rare now to get a Comeng.
>
More reliable I would expect as they are less complicated beasts. The PTC
when the Upfield line was cut off for Sillylink construction originally ran
Comengs and swapped them I think every Wednesday. Eventually they got sick
of the Comengs unreliability (even though they kept a spare to cover break
downs, there was the odd time when two trains would break down in service
leaving only 2 to run a 3 train timetable.) and replaced them all with 3 car
Hitachi sets. They only swapped them when they were broken down and I
believe the reliability of the service increased considerably.