Re: Extra Blacktown platform (was: St Leonards, NSW)

[not@accepting.mail.invalid (Harland Sanders)]

daproc@umpires.com (WhaleOilBeefHooked) wrote in
<7um3dv$7d9$1@news1.mpx.com.au>: 
>Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
>PNvP3.912$P3.1110@ozemail.com.au">news:PNvP3.912$P3.1110@ozemail.com.au...
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>>Hornsby has a need to turn around trains 365 days per year (366 next year!)
>>24 hours per day - not for a few weeks in September and October next
>>year. There must be something wrong if Blacktown cannot cope with six
>>platforms! 
>
>Hornsby also has a huge number of sidings that a train can go to to
>"turn it around" - Blacktown does not have this huge number.

Of which some have been removed in the recent rebuild.

>
>Also, the facilities at Hornsby are adequate for current and anticipated
>needs, apart from a few peak hours
>

"apart from a few peak hours"??? Bizzare Procter...  Isn't this when it
matters most?

Whenever there is any kind of delay or mishap Hornsby turns to mush.