Re: Late running Brisbane XPT's

["Roy Wilke" <3891@bit.net.au>]

Minor point, but   " denotes "seconds" - so you're saying that the XPT from
Sydney on 10 July was 45 seconds late.


Graham Duffin wrote in message <3786bedf@news.st.net.au>...
>Does anyone know why the Brisbane XPT's have been running so late over
>the past month or so?
>
>To illustrate here are some recent examples of it passing Salisbury, Qld:
>
>Sat 10 July  XPT from Sydney 45" late.  Returned to Sydney 15" late.
>Fri  9 July  XPT from Sydney late.  Returned approx 90" late.
>Sat  3 July  XPT from Sydney 45" late.
>Thu  1 July  XPT from Sydney 65" late.  Returned to Sydney 20" late.
>Mon 28 June  XPT from Sydney 62" late.  Returned to Sydney 35" late.
>Sun 27 June  XPT from Sydney 80" late.  Returned to Sydney 50" late.
>Mon 21 June  XPT from Sydney 70" late.
>Sun 20 June  XPT from Sydney 180" (3hrs) late.  Returned to Sydney 150"
late.
>
>I was at Sydney Terminal station last Thursday 8 July and at 4.24pm (the
>time the train should have been departing) it still hadn't arrived from
>the Meeks Rd XPT depot.
>
>Is it because the overnight XPT from Melbourne is arriving late which
>then doesn't leave enough time for cleaning and servicing at Meeks Rd XPT
>depot?
>
>The XPT arriving Sydney from Melbourne on Friday morning (9 July) was
>over an hour late and the Murwillumbah train wasn't held for connecting
>passengers.
>
>Does anyone know what is the cause of all this late running?  Is it
>breakdowns?, track delays?, late crossings?, clagged out XPT's?.........
>
>Graham Duffin,
>Salisbury, Qld.
>
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