Re: CityRail services for NRL finals at Olympic Park

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

Ho Hum,all correct.
Don.

Bill McNiven wrote:

> WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote in message <7rsm8s$frm$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
> >Given that the two competing teams are all located on the same rail line -
> >Illawarra line and the South Coast line, why hasn't anyone at CityRail
> >bothered to run a few trains from Wollongong and Cronulla, via the goods
> >line through Enfield, direct to Olympic Park?
> >NOT a case of good planning. Of course, they cannot run direct services
> from
> >everywhere for every event, but surely this is a special case.
> >
> >DaveP
> >
> >
> On excuse I have heard is that the train drivers demand 14 days notice of
> roster changes (and on top of this, it takes another two weeks or so to put
> together a 'special event' timetable before the rostering is done.
>
> Unfortunately, the NRL doesn't schedule it's finals that far ahead so a
> 'generic' train service is put up before the teams are known.  Even if the
> match had been Melbourne vs. Townsville, the same trains run.
>
> A second excuse I have heard is that every special event at Homebush Bay
> gets the same Sydney - Olympic Park - Blacktown service pattern because they
> are all rehearsals for the Olympics.
>
> The third story is that, at times of crush loading, two platforms serve
> exactly two destinations because Olympic Park station would become chaotic.
> For example, if there are 1500 passengers for Granville / Blacktown and also
> 1500 passengers for Cronulla via Enfield standing on platform 4, there will
> be very slow loading when half those people want to get on and half don't.
>
> Rgds
>
> Bill ;-)