Re: Length of Spencer street station

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Spencer St pfm 1 will hold 18 carriages (or 17 and a loco).
Trains to Sydney were limited by the capacity of the platforms in Sydney.

pfm 2 used to hold a 19 car Overland:
departing trains had both locos off the end of the platform.
arriving ones had the van and motorail off the platform.

Flinders St pfm 1 would hold a 24-car train.

I did a design excercise a couple of years ago when there was a proposal to
close Spencer St and run all trains from Flinders St, and I used pfm 1 as
the sg platform.

I also tried using the combined pfm 11 & 13 for sg: it had room to be
extended.

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

David <valley123@xtra.co.nz> wrote in article
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> Could someone please tell me how many cars does platform 1 and 2 hold?
> I am writing this because it seems that when the Ghan is over 19 cars, it
> seems to have to be split in to two halves in platform 1 and 2.
> Does anyone know what is the longest train to come in to Spencer Street
> station.
> Is platform 1 at Flinders Street longer than 1 at Spencer?