Re: NSW - NEW SOUTHERN RAILWAY - CONNECTIONS at SYDNEY CENTRAL

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

"Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)" wrote:

> It appears that the roads from Platforms 22 and 23 merge THEN there is a set
> of facing points for the Down NS line. Why? Surely this creates a
> bottleneck- a down East Hills/Bankstown train cannot depart until an NS
> train has cleared the facing points, and vice-versa. Why not have the Down
> NS coming straight off Pl 23, with a new crossover Down IL to Down NS? This
> would (with the existing crossover Down NS to Down IL) allow  a "dead" train
> to be bypassed. It seems they've save ONE set of points at some cost in
> operational efficiency.
>
> --
> Rgds
>
> Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)

I have said similar things and submitted them but I am only train crew and not
an Expert.

rgds