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

[craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)]

In <M_Ud3.17343$PN5.45207@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> "Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)" <ronbest@bigpond.com> writes:

>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.

I've been critical of this ever since the track and points where installed.
It does look very temporary, since there is no way that it will work
operationally during peak load periods, and esp. not during the olympics.

Regards,

Craig.

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