Re: Illawarra Line closure 17-18/8

[Ross Walker <rawalker@tac.com.au>]

NoBody wrote:
> 
> Something that puzzles me is the South Coast service from Martin Place at
> about 5:17pm was terminated at Hurstville with all passengers told to board
> the All-Stations to Waterfall train. Once I was on the train, the South Coast
> service then headed down to Sutherland where I later saw it in the sidings
> there...Why would the service terminate at Hurstville when the majority of
> passengers that catch the train alight at Sutherland?? Someone is going to
> have to explain this to me since the logic escapes me. Is this yet another
> incompetent decision made by someone that doesn't seem to grasp the operation
> of the Illawarra line? Certainly, their track record in the past couple of
> years warrants a revamp of whatever (if any at all) disaster recovery plan is
> used in these sorts of situations. Am I missing something that happens behind
> the scenes?
> 
> In article <6r9gt1$i8h$1@the-fly.zip.com.au>, "Wollongong Quokka"
> <quokka@zip.net.au> wrote:
> >Does anyone know when the Illawarra line south of Waterfall was first closed
> >on Monday evening?
> >
> >Had to laugh at the ABC Radio 7pm news which after mentioning that all roads
> >were closed, reported the CityRail closure and that they were putting on
> >buses...
> >
> >The ABC is now (1am Tuesday) reporting that no decision will be made on the
> >re-opening of the line until at least first light.
> >

Re: Nobody's query. 
This is CityRail we're talking about here, logic doesn't exist. It's
just another example of their high standard of inefficiency.

Ross.