Re: CityRail...

[Robert Prentice <c9605190@alinga.newcastle.edu.au>]

On 13 Jun 1998, Matthew Halpin wrote:

> The problem with travelling to Newcastle is that you would miss your
> connecting train.  Most trains now connect at Hamilton, which does wonders
> for the Beaumont Street, when the level crossing at the end of the station
> is blocked by a few cars on an 8 car Sydney bound train overhanging the
> station while waiting the service from Maitland running a few minutes late.

Which is like the level crossing on St James Road at Adamstown station...
of an afternoon there's always Sydney-Newcastle express/commuter trains
pulling in and out, and usually a coalie from Lake Macquarie creeping into
Broadmeadow yards at a snails pace. Combine that equation with a hundred
cars lining up!

Rob