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Re: Blacktown Station

Subject: Re: Blacktown Station
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 23:02:05 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <7i3hm7$31h$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

David Proctor wrote:

> Looks like they are putting in an extra platofrom at Blacktown - not sure
> what the name of the road is (Up Relief? The Up side of the Up Main).
>
> Is there any point for this? The only reason I can see for it is that this
> is what they will be using to turn back Sydney Central - Olympic Park -
> Blacktown shuttle during the Olympics - although the construction (such as
> it was when I saw it 2 days ago) looks a little too robust for such a
> temporary arrangement.

That's exactly what it is for.  They will have a train terminating every two
minutes.  During this year's test, they had to send trains to Blacktown, St
Marys and Penrith because Blacktown wasn't finished.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Blacktown Station
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>

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