Re: Wollongong L sets

[trainboy@ozemail.com.au]

In article <77dqp8$sgd25@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au>,
  "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> wrote:

> Of course Newcastle would get A/C and Wollongong doesn't. As it is all safe
> Labour seats here Labour doesn't need to win votes and the Liberals know
> there is no point trying. This is why Newcastle got trams and Government
> buses and Wollongong didn't.

I think journey times, and maintenance would have been taken into
consideration too.

The longest trip for the Newcastle K sets is the 3 PM service to Sydney - A
journey time of approximately 3 hours.  The longest trip in Wollongong would
only be a third of that.

As for Maintenance, the Wollongong sets are Maintained at Mortdale, which has
no spare parts for K sets, as there are none allocated there.  The K sets
from Newcastle are Maintained at Hornsby, where the entire K set fleet is
maintained.

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