Re: [NSW] messed up cityrail system

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Close.
Sector 1 the blue line (Illawarra) Target on Train: Red
Sector 2 Green and Brown lines (Campbelltown Bankstown) Target Blue
Sector 3 Red and Yellow lines (Hornsby Prnrith) 3 Target  Black

Cumberland line has sets from all sectors running on it.


rgds



Bill McNiven wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Boles wrote in message <01bac762$efba5b00$7f66868b@tfboles>...
> >Excuse my ignorance, but what do the sector numbers mean?
> >Is there some kind of connection between target plate colours and sector
> 
> Off the top of my head, so open to correction ...
> 
> Sector 1:  Bondi Jct - Cronulla - Waterfall.  All trains maintained at
> Mortdale.  Red target plates.
> 
> Sector 2:  Campbelltown - Bankstown - Quay.  'T' sets maintained at
> Mortdale, red target plates.  'C', 'R', 'S' sets maintained at Flemington,
> blue target plates.
> 
> Sector 3: Berowra - Hornsby - Emu Plains - Richmond.  (Also Parramatta -
> Bankstown?) Black set numbers. On 'K', 'R', 'S' sets, typically stickers on
> the cars rather than detachable plates.  Cars maintained at Hornsby.
> 
> Sector 4: Sydney - Olympic Park - Blacktown.  Trains borrowed from
> everywhere (including Wollongong and Newcastle for the football finals!).
> 
> Cumberland Line:  a mixture of 'Sector 2' trains from Campbelltown and
> 'Sector 3' trains from Blacktown.
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Bill