Re: Melbourne SG Traffic and Network Service Plan

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> After 1st May , there would be no reason at all for Viktrak to know or even
> care what trains were running over its Network,after all its all the
> responsibility of the lessees,so the concept of a Timetable for all of
> Victoria will be a thing of the past.
> Obviously each Company may wish to have a timetable , but in the case of
> VF there isnt really any need to have a timetable for freight trains, you
> simply run them all as required.
> Effectively the Train Controllers become the timetable writers .
>
> MD

What a worry for the timetable collectors among us of which I am one. Also where will we get
info about train running for our hobby. Now I know that we are not supposed to obtain that
sort of information but it has been freely available for 145+ years and now it won't be, or
so it seems. I guess time will tell. Perhaps now is the time for the railfan movement to get
their own timetable site up and running and it could be a current as possible relying
entirely on observations and some inside knowledge.

David Langley.