Re: CityRail to Bathurst

[alco@acay.com.au]

If CityRail want to run Endeavours or even 620 class railcars to Bathurst
where would they come from? The answer is simple, nowhere. There are no spare
sets. The 5th Newcastle set was "borrowed" last year to replace the set that
collided with the freight train down south and has never returned. I think we
are assuming that because the government announced an extension of the
CityRail boundry to Bathurst there would be a train service. I don't believe
so. There are numerous coaches that connect with electric trains at Lithgow
every day and they all stop at Bathurst. No mention has been made by either
political party about buying any extra trains in this election campaign.
Cheers Bob

In article <fFmJ2.11$Wa1.431194@news0.optus.net.au>,
  dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> If CityRail was to run Endeavours from Lithgow to Bathurst, what locations
> still have platforms? I know Wallerawang, Rydal, Tarana, Locksley and
> Raglan were still served in 1989, but I was wondering about other
> locations which could become a typical CityRail unattended platform, e.g.
> Bowenfells.
>
> Also, distances from Sydney would be appreciated. I'm trying to see how
> much you can actually do in a day with just one set.
>
> Cheers
> David
>

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