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

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Garry Hoddinett wrote:

> Obiviously another platform would be a huge advantage, but the point I make
> is that with a limited amount of capital available for rail improvements
> then I think the money could have been better spent in the CityRail network
> with Hornsby being a case in point.  I am clad you recognise that a least
> Hornsby is inadequate at least for "a few peak hours".
> Hornsby does not have a "a huge number of sidings that a train can go to
> turn it around".  It has a few sidings, some passing loops and a number of
> through tracks to the depot to the north.  The new yard "improvements" have
> reduced the number of sidings for turning a train around in but have added a
> few sidings to store trains (Most of the new sidings on the Down are not
> readily accessible).  At Blacktown they could have constructed a few new
> sidings to turn a train around in lieu of the cost of building yet another
> platform and a couple of kilometres of UP track towards Seven Hills.
> 
> Catering for circuses is fine but there are more important things.   I still
> think six platforms should be more than adequate at Blacktown for the
> foreseeable future.

I would say 4 lines to Campbelltown  would be more beneficial than an
extra platform to Hornsby. Lets Face it, it won't happen. The whinging
from the car owners alone would put a stop to it.

rgds