Re: Locomotive Passenger Workings

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:38:56 -0000, "Damian Clement"
<damian@vwtype3.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>I am planning a trip to New South Wales and Victoria and would like to know
>where I can learn the following:-
>
>1. Where can I get hold of a timetable listing all train services, local and
>long distance sheduled services.
>2. How do I tell which services are loco hauled and which are multiple
>units?
>3. Information on locomotive hauled passenger services, daily working
>diagrams, etc.
>
Victoria:-

Pass trains are run by CountryLink, Hoys, Great Southern, V/Line and
West Coast rail.

Countrylink run twice daily XPT between Melbourne and Sydney (XPT is
an Australianised HST). 

Hoys run with V/Line equipment.

GSR run the Ghan with an NR class loco (GE 4000hp) and around 14-16
cars into Melbourne at 2110 WedO and out at 2235WedO to/from Adelaide
and Alice Springs on Standard gauge. GSR also run to OverLand betwen
Melb and Adelaide currently hauled by NR class but soon to change to
BL class (3000hp GM). The Overland runs daily except Wednesdays and
Saturdays out of Melb Westbound at 2050 and into Melb Eastbound at
0845 the next day.

WCR run services between Melb and Warnambool via Geelong thrice daily
(twice westbound on sats and one each way on suns). They use B (GM
1500hp) and S (GM 1750hp) interchangably. After late March the 0843
down and 1705 up on Sats Only should be Steam-hauled by R 711(4-6-4).

V/Line use A (GM 2500hp, buldog nose), N (2500hp, dog bone)and P
(1000hp hood) class locos as well as Sprinter and Bluebird railcars.

A's run only on the Seymour, Stony Point and Bacchus Marsh lines. 
A class - four in service. two each night stay in Seymour. They run
0630 & 0703 Seymour-Melb (M-F) and 1630 & 1728 Melb-Seymour (M-F).
Another runs 0825 Melb- B. Marsh, 1000 B.M.-Melb, 1719 Melb-B.M. &
1820 B.M.-Melb empty cars. The fourth loco stays at Crib Point to run
the Stony Point-Frankston shuttle service under contract to Bayside
trains. This is the only A that is regularly used on weekends. trains
connect with suburban EMUs/Sparks/Units that take about an hour from
Melb. The run is about 40 minutes and runs six times each way Mon-Thr,
Sat; seven on Fri and five on Suns. This loco transfers to/from Melb
on MWF on an empty car move (ex Melb 1000 FKN 1055-1125 Melb1230.)

P class are run either as conventional locos on 3 or 4 car trains or
one loco each end of six cars in push-pull mode. Normally they run
only on the Sunbury and Bacchus Marsh lines. Push pull trains run 0742
B Marsh-Melb, 1707 Melb-B.M., 0600 (empty cars) Melb-Sunbury, 0708
Sunbury- Melb, 1717 melb- sunbury, 1823 Sunbury-Melb.  Conventional P
class hauled trains run B.M. -Melb at 0545, 0623, 0650 & Melb-B.M. at
1535, 1624, 1809. Sunbury -Melb at 0736, 0811, 0905, 1710 &
Melb-Sunbury at 0632, 0707 (empty cars), 0754, 1602. All Pclass
operate Mon-Fri Only. P's are occaisionally used on the geelong line
when building trains up for football matches and other special events.

N class run the following trains:-

Geelong line - Down (M-F) 0545, 0654, 0746, 0855, 1255(FO), 1355,
1435, 1515, 1600, 1642, 1655, 1715, 1740, 1821, 1915, 2030; 
	SAT 0755, 0855, 1155, 1455, 1755, 1855, 2030. 
	SUN 0930, 1305, 1425, 1600, 1730, 2005, 2100, 2155.
Up M-F ex Geelong at 0615, 0645, 0652, 0700, 0725, 0748, 0835, 0935,
1030, 1540, 1625, 1700, 1740, 1825, 2115.
	SAT 0625, 0725, 0935, 1030, 1325, 1630, 2025.
	SUN 1005, 1125, 1430, 1305, 1730, 2025.
Most Geelong line trains run to/from South Geelong on weekdays. On
weekends most originate/terminate at Geelong with only a few using
South Geelong.

Ballarat line (via Bacchus Marsh) Down - 0810 SaO, 0935 M-F, 1305 SaO.
Up - 1020 SaO, 1205 M-F, 1650 SaO.

Bendigo line Down 0835 M-Sa (to BGO), 0940 SuO (BGO), 1310 M-F (to
Kyneton), 1550 M-F (BGO), 1637M-F (BGO), 1641 (to Sunbury), 1704 (to
Kyneton), 1730 SuO (Swan Hill), 1742 (to Swan Hill M-Th, to BGO FriO),
1748 (to Kyneton), 1750 SaO (to Swan Hill), 1925 SuO (BGO).
Up - 0555 M-F(ex Kyneton), 0605 M-F (ex BGO), 0710 M-F (ex Kyneton),
0710 M-Sa (ex Swan Hill), 1120 M-F (ex BGO), 1250 SuO (ex BGO), 1510
M-F (ex Kyneton), 1625 SaO (ex BGO), 1635 SuO (ex BGO), 1640 SuO (ex
Swan Hill), 1815 M-F (ex BGO).

Seymour line Down - 0750 M-Sa (to Albury), 0905 M-F (to Shepparton),
0910 SaO (to Shepparton), 1200 M-F (to Albury), 1710 M-F (to Albury),
1750 SaO (to Albury), 1805 SuO (to Albury & Shepparton), 1810 SaO (to
Shepparton), 1815 M-F (to Shepparton).
Up - 0630 M-Sa (ex Albury), 0710 M-F (ex Shepparton), 0745 SuO (ex
Albury), 0830 SaO (ex Shepparton), 1215 M-F (ex Albury), 1440 SuO (ex
Albury), 1455 M-F (ex Shepparton), 1525 SaO (ex Shepparton), 1600 M-F
(ex Albury), 1610 SaO (ex Albury), 1700 SuO (ex Albury), 1745 SuO (ex
Shepparton).

Sale line Down - 0747 M-F (to Sale), 0840 SaO (to Sale), 0930 SuO (to
Sale), 1304 SuO (to traralgon), 1328 M-F (to Sale), 1543 M-F (to
Traralgon), 1647 M-F (to Traralgon), 1703 SuO (to Traralgon), 1729 SaO
(to Traralgon), 1823 M-F (to Sale), 1855 SaO (to Sale), 1905 SuO (to
Sale), 2029 M-Th (to Traralgon).
Up - 0605 M-F (ex Traralgon), 0705 M-F (ex Traralgon), 0710 M-Sa (ex
Sale), 0825 SuO (ex Traralgon), 0845 M-F (ex Traralgon), 0940 SaO (ex
Traralgon), 1340 M-F (ex Sale), 1400 SaO (ex Sale), 1520 SuO (ex
Sale), 1650 M-F (ex Sale), 1705 SuO (ex Sale).

Email me for some ideas for iteneraries.


Cheers

Krel

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