> Jonathan Lau wrote:
> >
> > A strange event occurred this morning on the CityRail service I was on
> > this morning. The service was the 7:16am (Strathfield) that goes to Emu
> > Plains.
> >
> > After leaving Strathfield we were on the Down local? (I think) line,
> > when we crossed over to the Down Main, just before Homebush Station.
> > Immediately after passing through Homebush, to my surprise, we crossed
> > back to the Local line! There was no other service in the platforms at
> > Homebush and no other trains on the Down Main all the way to Granville.
> > To complicate matters, after passing Auburn station, the service was
> > diverted back on to the Down Main!!!
>
> The 17:51 (St Leonards) service to Penrith does a similar thing, running
> on the down main to Clyde, crossing to the suburban just east of
> Granville, then crossing back to the main just west of Harris Park.
> This appears to be the normal operating path of the train (4 out of 4
> times I've caught it in the last 2 weeks), yet there isn't a conflicting
> movement in sight that should prevent the train from running all the way
> to Parramatta on the main.
Possibly to keep the cross-overs in working order?
>
>
> >
> > Why is this so? A rail derusting excerise or CityRail efficiecy?
> >
> > Jon Lau
>
> ======================
> Michael Edge
> Sydney, Australia
>
> email: medge@sia.net.au
-- Bye for now, Eben.