Re: Interstate Trains at North Terrace, maybe?

[arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int>]

The Indian Pacific "front carriage" entering Keswick becomes the "rear
carriage" leaving Keswick every trip.

On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Maurie Daly wrote:

> 
> The only potential problem with using Adelaide terrace for SG trains is that 
> its a dead end statiion unlike Keswick .
> For terminating trains , this doesnt matter, but if GSR are going to run thru 
> trains like the Ghan from AS to Melb , then it means the train gets reversed
> at Adelaide.
> No real problem in this , except there seems to be an aversion in running 
> passenger trains backwards,ie all the seats facing the wrong way around .
> I guess you could run thru the train and turn all the seats around or reverse 
> the train around the triangle ,(you would have to build one near Gaol Loop 
> somewhere.)
> The same problem will exist at Melb if the Ghan continuous on to 
> Sydney,unless it can be reversed somewhere.
> 
> cheers
> MD
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