[Melb] Hillside Y2K Contingency Plan

[Railvic <railvic@primus.com.au>]

ClawZ wrote:

> Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
>
> > Just a note about the train services on New Years Day for Bayside.  All
> > the trains will have a layover at 1am.  Like the Broadmeadows train
> > arrives at Essendon at 12:47 then departs at 1:03.  Same for Footscray
> > (on St.Albans Train), Newport, and Coburg.
>
> Ummmmmm doncha mean at 12midnight, i know out hillside rosters have been
> changed to stop at a station 5 mins on either side of midnight.
> ClawZ

According to a Hillside circular ... all services will stop at specified
Premium Stations (when with passengers) between approx. 23.55 and 00.05, then
from 00.55 to 01.05 as part of Y2K contingency plan.  Services affected by
this are as follow:

** Clifton Group - Down **

(1657) 23.25 Epping - held at Bell (arr. 23.54, dep. 00.03);
(1867) 23.33 Hurstbridge - held at Clifton (arr. 23.52, dep. 00.03);
(1659) 23.55 Epping - held at Spencer Street (arr. 23.58, dep. 00.06);
(1905) 00.05 Eltham - Runs 2 minutes later;
(1701) 00.23  Epping - held at Reservoir (arr. 00.58, dep. 01.04);
(1907) 00.33 Hurstbridge - held at Clifton Hill (arr. 00.52, dep. 01.03);
(1703) 00.45 Epping - held at Spencer Street (arr. 00.56, dep. 01.02)

** Clifton Group - Up **

(1268) 23.37 ex-Eltham empty car - held at Fairfield (arr. 23.58, dep.
00.02);
(1082) 23.48 ex-Epping empty car - held at Keon Park (arr. 23.54, dep.
00.03);
(1270) 23.46 ex-Hurstbridge empty car - held at Eltham (arr. 23.57, dep.
00.11);
(1102) 00.27 ex-Epping empty car - held at Jolimont (arr. 00.58, dep. 01.02);

(1304) 00.20 ex-Eltham empty car - held at Clifton Hill (arr. 00.55, dep.
01.03);
(1104) 00.46 ex-Epping empty car - held at Reservoir (arr. 00.55, dep. 01.03)

** Burnley Group - Down **

(3649) 23.05 Belgrave - held at Ringwood (arr. 23.54, dep. 00.02);
(2673) 23.29 Glen Waverley - held at East Malvern (arr. 23.59, dep. 00.03);
(3851) 23.35 Lilydale - held at Camberwell (arr. 23.57, dep. 00.03);
(2711) 00.29 Glen Waverley - held at East Malvern (arr. 00.59, dep. 01.03);
(3657) 00.32 Belgrave - held at Camberwell (arr. 00.54, dep. 01.02);
(3855) 00.40 Lilydale - held at Glenferrie (arr. 00.59, dep. 01.04);
(2713) 00.47 Glen Waverley - held at Richmond (arr. 00.58, dep. 01.06);
(3659) 00.53 Belgrave - held at Spencer Street (arr. 00.56, dep. 01.02)

** Burnley Group - Up **

(2082) 23.27 ex-Glen Waverley with passengers - held at Richmond (arr. 23.57,
dep. 00.03);
(3242) 23.20 ex-Lilydale with passengers - held at Box Hill (arr. 23.51, dep.
00.02);
(2122) 23.53 ex-Glen Waverley empty car - held at Mount Waverley (arr. 23.57,
dep. 00.03);
(3582) 23.55 ex-Ringwood empty car - held at Heatherdale (arr. 23.57, dep.
00.03);
(2170) 00.49 ex-Camberwell empty car - held at Richmond (arr. 00.59, dep.
01.05);
(3050) 00.09 ex-Belgrave (Belgrave - Ringwood with passengers then empty car)
- held at Hawthorn (arr. 00.57, dep. 01.03);
(2126) 00.50 ex-Glen Waverley empty car - held at East Malvern (arr. 00.59,
dep. 01.03);
(3052) 00.30 ex-Belgrave empty car - held at Laburnum (arr. 00.57, dep.
01.03);
(3246) 00.51 ex-Lilydale empty car - held at Croydon (arr. 00.57, dep.
01.03);
(3054) 00.54 ex-Belgrave empty car - held at Upway (arr. 00.58, dep. 01.03)

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