Re: [NSW] That infamous trackwork

["Scott Beecham" <snoa@dingoblue.net.au>]

Well actually I have no major problems with the trackwork. I agree that it
has to be done sometime. The point of the post (possibly missed) was that
the most obvious way of doing things is not always the best way. I
appreciated the fact that replacement buses were provided. With all the
buses and trains I caught it would certainly be worth the 7 dollar off peak
fare that I paid.

At one stage in the post I did say that I was in a hurry. I admit that it
wasn't so much a hurry as the difficulty in researching all the trackwork. I
noticed that part of the western line was closed and the Cumberland line was
closed. My assumption (wrong as it turned out) was that this was because the
western line was closed between Granville and St Marys.

I'll be heading out to Minto again this weekend but will actually be leaving
on the Friday instead of the saturday., leaving Minto for a day in the city
on Saturday and returning home to penrith by a comfortable coach on Saturday
afternoon. I actually adjusted my plans as a result of last weekends
experience. As an added bonus I will get to see some the cityrail network
that I have not seen including part of the new airport line.

Out of curiously how much work would have got done with all the rain
throughout the weekend?

Ashley Wright <ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:15:16 +1100, "Scott Beecham"
> <snoa@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
> >Oh boy..... I had some real fun this weekend. We planned to train our way
> >from Penrith to Minto. Being the efficient cityrail user I was I checked
for
> >track work at the cityrail website. We found out there was some track
work
> >and expected some delays. Being in a hurry I decided I'd follow the route
> >that seemed most obvious at the time. Here is the journey from Penrith to
> >Minto:
> >Station                          Mode of transport
> >*Penrith - St Marys                  train
> >St  Marys - Granville               bus
> >Granville - Fairfield                 train
> >Fairfield-Glenfield                     bus
> >Glenfield - Minto                     train
>
>   And what is your soloution to the problem?
>
> Do we not allow any track work and just patch it when a train comes
> off? Answer: Clearly not!
>
> Do we only schedule track work in one area at one time? Answer: No you
> can only have so many people working in the same area at the same
> time. City Rail is a large network and needs to schedule work in
> multiple places as the same time to get it done! If not the
> maintenance doesn't get done and trains come off or have to go slow.

> And lastly you admit you were in a hurry (despite admiting to knowing
> the work was going on) and took what you thought would be the best
> option, when you freely admit there were other more viable
> alternaives.
>
>   So what exactly is your problem?