Re: Interstate Platform at Geelong?

[Steve Dalton <daltongang@smart.net.au>]

The Standard Gauge Platform is a great idea, but what about up Trains,
as they come around the corner and make their stop at Nth Shore, it
could be up to 5 maybe 7 mins waiting for passenger's to walk through to
the cars which are on the platform, unless the train is placed
correctly, the Nth Shore Road is a busy road and cars and trucks will be
banked up.

As for Mr. Smith saying sorry for stealing my thunder, That's ok mate I
have changed my thoughts on that idea. The writing is on the wall for
Corio, as it gone from a 3 man station to a one man station in a matter
of months, and from being open 24hrs a day to only 8-10 hrs a day.
Unfortunately Corio has become a downhill place to leave cars due to
vandalism. 
As for a courtesy bus to/from Geelong this would have to be up to the
owner of the train that is stopping there, as I have been told from a
reliable source that VLP does have nothing to do with Interstate traffic
anymore.

In my opinion for a better location for a Standard gauge Platform for SG
Passenger train would be at Nth Geelong C Box between Thompsons Road and
Separtation Street, a total of approx. 900 meter's can be held there and
would not cause any problems for stopping trains, but we all know this
wont happen now.

In closing we had no chance of trying to get the SG passes to stop at
Corio or any where else, as four years of my still ongoing 10 years of
working for the railway's the staff at Corio tried effortlessly to have
the Ballarat Passes stop at Corio and timetables where made for
connections at Corio for Geelong and Lara but know that does not even
run this way.

Steve Dalton 

MattyQ wrote:
> 
> Craig Haber wrote in message <370F47AE.49C51FDB@harnessnet.com.au>...
> >The SG platform is *definately* under construction at North Shore.  It
> appears
> >to be 2 carriages long, constucted from steel with concrete bases (pretty
> much
> >like Coburg and Diamond Creek's second platforms).
> 
> North Shore certainly is the better option than Geelong. At least the train
> won't have to be towed out of Geelong to continue its journey. Not sure
> about a platform THAT short. Multiple passenger stops waste time. I just
> hope they supplement this with a courtesy bus from Geelong station.
> 
> An even better option would have been Corio. It is a little further out of
> Geelong BUT it is attended which would be helpful for ticketing and check
> luggage etc. Also, there is a huge paddock on the standard gauge side of the
> line where a carpark and bus interchange could have been built.
> 
> It will be interesting to see how much usage the North Shore platform gets.
> BTW, sorry Mr. Dalton for stealing your thunder.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Matt Smith
> Brisbane, Queensland
> Reply to matticue@hotmail.com
> 
> I never seem to finish anyth