Re: Flinders Street Yard

["Johann Fan" <yags@geocities.com>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote in message
<6fa74f$nqa$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>...
>They have started construction on Platforms 6+7 like they did on platforms
>2+3 late last year.
>
>All yards expect the Collingwood sidings have been removed.  They have
closed the
>Caulfield Through and local lines from Monday till the 13th of April to
realign the tracks.  They have laid most of the new track and now putting in
the overhead up.


Does the caulfield loop have 4 lines? and it looks like they're going to run
straight thru Center cabin... if it hasn't been demolished already that
is...

>At least they didn't have all these temporary timetables like they did for
the Burnley closures.
>
>So at the moment the only lines in use are the Burnley Through and Local.
Then a very big work site and then the Special and Sandringham lines.
>
>Once this is complete they will have relined the Caulfield Through and
local lines into their final position and four stages to go.
>
>* Special Lines and Platforms 8+9 - July
>* Sandringham lines and Platforms 12+13+10(I think) - Oct
>* Clifton Hill Lines and Platform 14 - Dec
>* Burnley Lines (Both again!) and I think Platforms 4+5 - March '98
>
>I have a couple of questions.
>How do you have occupation of the Clifton Hill lines and still run trains?
>With platforms 4+5 closed what do you do with North Melbourne trains and
their city loop?
>
>Chris Gordon

cheers Johann