Re: Rail related questions about moving to Sydney

["Andrew" <atailby@mpx.com.au>]

the other thing with school times you will not get a seat unless you remind
the little shits that they have to stand as part of the conditions on there
rail pass and io can tell you they hate this as some months ago i told some
students to stand to make room for a ladie and i told them to stand again so
i could sit down.
then i got a lecture from some other adult saying they had been standing for
the last 1/2 hour or so.
You try getting up at 5am each morning then getting a 6 am service from the
coast and spending just over 1 and a bit hours on the train and then spend
anothor 20 minutes or so on a surban.
i can asure you thoes school kids hated me for that but i dont care as they
only had to spend about 1/2 hour each way comparied to about 1 and 1/2 hours
so i think it was only fair that i should be able to sit down they are young
and fit so make them stand all the way to school on trains and buses.
Hubert <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> This may be of use to you:
>
> In the morning, services from Beecroft to Hornsby are not frequent at all:
if you
> study the timetable the shortest interval between any two trains (at
around
> 7:30-8:30 mark) is 15 min (read 7:09am and 7:31am services from
Burwood--these two
> services are guaranteed to be late as they need to wait for an XPT and an
intercity
> service to "overtake" them before they can continue through to Hornsby).
These
> services are usually reliable as many of them start from North Sydney, so
there is
> little scope for delay for these trains. However at times, trains
operating to
> Epping only will hold up those continuing to Hornsby, as there is only a
maximum of
> a 5 minute leeway between Epping and Hornsby trains. Don't expect a seat
on those
> services between that time as well, as there are around 6 school in that
district
> and students are travelling to school at that time.
>
> For the North Shore Line, the times are much more reliable as there are no
intercity
> services in the way of the suburban trains, plus as others have mentioned,
the
> services are very frequent.
>
> In the afternoon, the North Shore trains are usually reliable, but over
the past
> week or so it hasn't been the case with the new signalling at Hornsby
being
> installed. Hopefully these minor hiccups will be ironed out by the time
you get
> here. However don't expect one train every ten minutes on the way down
from Hornsby
> to Beecroft. Many trains will run via North Shore to the City and then to
the West
> to carry passengers back to places like Parramatta/Blacktown.
>
> Hope this is of use. Cheers
>
> Hubert
> (Burwood, Sydney)
>
>
>
>
> Reuben Farrelly <reubie@bigpond.AAA.com> wrote in message
> 7ukidi$svu$1@newton.pacific.net.au">news:7ukidi$svu$1@newton.pacific.net.au...
> Hi people,
>
> In the next 6 weeks I will be moving from Melbourne to Sydney, and have a
> question (and comments) about the suburban rail system up there...
>
> * How reliable is the system in regards to both cancelled trains and
> delays - I don't have a car and so will be depending on rail transport to
> get to work in Artarmon.  In particular, do most trains run late (by much)
> or on time - if I was to try and connect at Hornsby would I be safe to be
> there 3 mins before, or 20 mins beforehand?
>
> * If I bought a ticket to Artarmon from say, Beecroft, and I wanted to go
> further north from Hornsby, could I simply buy another ticket from Hornsby
> or would I have to buy a completely new ticket from source to destination?
> Why does the system run on the basis of station-to-station fares as
opposed
> to zones like what Victoria has?  [Seems to add a lot of complication to
the
> system, although I think that Victorian zones are _way_ too big]
>
> The offline timetable download on the cityrail website is a good idea, all
> of 3842 files and 555 folders all zipped up into 1 ;)
>
> Thanks,
> Reuben
>
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