Re: A strange event

[Michael Edge <medge@sia.net.au>]

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.

> 
> Why is this so? A rail derusting excerise or CityRail efficiecy?
> 
> Jon Lau
 
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Michael Edge
Sydney, Australia

email: medge@sia.net.au