Re: Extra Services

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Wizzer1865 <wizzer1865@aol.com> wrote in message
19991120072527.02125.00000294@ng-ff1.aol.com">news:19991120072527.02125.00000294@ng-ff1.aol.com...
> >We were talking about it in the context of off peak and evening services
> >rather than peak ones, and of course the lines don't magically become
> >able to handle fewer trains outside the peak.
> >
> >They also agreed that they could fit a few extra trains in the peak if
> >they needed to.
> >
> >PTUA vision is (from memory):
> >Belgrave - all stations to Ringwood then Mitcham, Blackburn, Box Hill,
> >Camberwell, Richmond (every 10 minutes)
> >Lilydale - all to Box Hill then Camberwell, Richmond, City (every 10
> >mins)
> >Stopping all stations from Blackburn or Box Hill every 10 minutes with
> >possibly some express running between camberwell and richmond
> >Alamein trains act as sweepers between camberwell and richmond
> >
> >When you add in the GW trains that gives you five sets of trains each
> >running every 10 minutes, which is a 2 minute frequency on the Burnley
> >group. Its (just) possible to fit all those through the loop but PTUA
> >policy is half through loop, half direct to Flinders.
>
> I gathered that was what you meant but its all well and good to run these
> services but track speeds have a part to play as well, also, what track
between
> Box Hill and Burnley are these trains going to run. Remember the outer
tracks
> are slower then the centre, however there is a proposal to change all
Hillside
> track speeds to 90 kmh, subject to curves of course, this would go a long
way
> to improving the service. BTW,  this PTUA policy you keep mentioning, is
it
> Loco Division or some other. I haven't heard of it at all. Please do
tell:-))

PTUA stands for: Public Transport Users Association, the PTU your thinking
of is now called the RT&BU  "Rail Tram & Bus Union" of which there is a
Locomotive Division.

Bob.