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Re: Australian rail network notation
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Australian rail network notation
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:25:06 +1100
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- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
David Proctor wrote:
> And just to steer this thread into another totally spurious direction, the
> lines between Westmead and St Marys are named Up Main, Up Suburban, Down
> Suburban, Down Main - yet most of the fast trains travel on the inner two
> tracks, the suburban lines. Can anyone throw any light on how this came to
> be.
Because some twitdecided when they quadruplicated, that the up main should be on
the left when facing Sydney.
Now, to travel on the fast line from Strathfield to Penrith, you actually travel
on the Main to Harris Park, the West Suburban to Westmead, the Suburban to St
Marys, and the Main again to Penrith. All without changing tracks!,
--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/