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by Liamena
Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:33 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Metrobus a few years on: a success?
Replies: 198
Views: 43360

Re: Metrobus a few years on: a success?

The point of running the metrobus between Pennant Hills and Hornsby is somewhat limited, because the train is quicker. Except that you can go directly from Pennant Hills to Waitara, the bus is quicker for that. The train change from the northern line to the north shore line at Hornsby seems to be ma...
by Liamena
Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:16 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes
Replies: 714
Views: 197747

Re: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes

Sigh.... built in dwell times again. When you get on a train about 20 minutes before midnight at Museum and want to make a quick trip to Town Hall Woolies (and have an almost elapsed transfer on Opal). Train to Homebush made a dwell at Circular Quay. Not 1 minute, 2 minutes, or 3 - 4 minutes of sit...
by Liamena
Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:17 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: NSW Railway Observations - December 2017
Replies: 112
Views: 24220

Re: NSW Railway Observations - December 2017

I will be interesting to see if the metro actually goes as fast as you claim it will. And I wonder how many people will really want to stand on the train for two hours a day, to save 10 minutes. If your time is really that valuable, you should be earning enough to live closer to the CBD than Schofie...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:51 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

Don't forget some drivers (NO they are only "SWA" if you have done rail with any of them you know who I mean) are morons and would arrive at the starting point after their departure time and out of sequence, and on the first trip it is always fun to find which stand you should be using. B...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

Without seeing the actual route details one can only make an assumption, Gordon Terminators would most like stop at the bus interchange at the railway station, if the e Express to Central was to make such a detour I estimate it would add 10minutes to the journey with a similar slow down if Chatswoo...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:33 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

Without seeing the actual route details one can only make an assumption, Gordon Terminators would most like stop at the bus interchange at the railway station, if the e Express to Central was to make such a detour I estimate it would add 10minutes to the journey with a similar slow down if Chatswoo...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

I am sure whatever happens there will be sufficient instructions (for those who care to look at them) If you have done "rail" before you will understand You're joking, right ? According to the transportnsw.info site ( which most customers won't see _), there are 4 train replacement bus ro...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:57 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

For northbound traveller to the central coast, the time when your bus will get to Berowra will probably be entirely random, and out of either the customers nor the bus operators ability to control. That is going to mean that people going to most of the stations between Cowan and Ourimbah will be loi...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:45 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

This is what the trackwork information says Please follow the signs at train stations or ask staff for directions on where to catch a replacement bus service. Travel times are subject to traffic conditions. T1 replacement buses Replacement buses for suburban train services run every 10 minutes betwe...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:16 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Opal Discussion and Observations
Replies: 9717
Views: 1877147

Re: Introducing OPAL Card

https://transportnsw.info/news/2017/use ... y#homepage

This page is directly linked from the transportnsw.info home page, and says you can do this from December 15.
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:12 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?

I would recommend going to www.transportnsw.info and following all of the nooks and crannies there and downloading everything you can find.
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?

It is also sometimes difficult to find out where bus stops actually are, as more and more of them get abolished. Most of them appear on google maps. They all have a six-digit number, which doesn't seem to be very useful as they don't appear on the actual bus stop and they don't seem to appear online...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:05 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?

Here is a pdf of the train network map.
http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/p ... an_map.pdf

Here is an example of the network map for state transit services in the eastern suburbs.

https://transportnsw.info/document/1699 ... y-east.pdf
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Printed timetable/map information in Sydney?

There is a map of the rail network on every train station and in nearly all the train carriages. In addition, at most stations there is a street map for the area about 2 miles wide in a circle around the station. These are often very useful to find out how to walk to the location you are actually go...
by Liamena
Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:49 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes
Replies: 714
Views: 197747

Re: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes

It does seem rather pointless that they built the 4 tracks and don't use them. But I only go there on weekends.
by Liamena
Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:26 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes
Replies: 714
Views: 197747

Re: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes

Doesn't the 400 go past Kingsgrove on the way to Campsie ?
by Liamena
Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:10 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes
Replies: 714
Views: 197747

Re: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes

It seems to me that Kingsgrove would be a better place for the limited stops trains to stop. There are buses there ?
by Liamena
Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C
Replies: 451
Views: 163164

Re: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C

Glad to hear you're so fit and active and have no trouble with hills in heat, humidity or rain, with shopping, wheelchair or infant in tow. Good on you! One of the issues that had been frequently raised by the public in relation to this controversy is the climb to Wollongong hospital which was thou...
by Liamena
Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:36 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C
Replies: 451
Views: 163164

Re: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C

The very reason for the 55's route is that the activities that are more geographically concentrated in other cities are a bit more spread out in Wollongong and need to be drawn together: the waterfront, the hospital, Innovation campus, P+R, university, botanical gardens. It serves the same function...
by Liamena
Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C
Replies: 451
Views: 163164

Re: Wollongong Rt. 55 Commenced Service & Split into 55A/C

By allowing enough time to park for classes, they are encouraged to jump in the car instead of using the massive amount of PT options that serve Macquarie Uni. Seen how clogged Herring Rd is with bus services, while many students simply choose to drive anyway? Public transport to Macquarie exists, ...
by Liamena
Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes
Replies: 714
Views: 197747

Re: 2017 Train & Bus timetable changes

It would be cheaper for them to print one and mail it to you, when you call, instead of printing 500,000 of the wrong ones and then throwing them away later.

There is probably only a couple of hundred people who will ask.
by Liamena
Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:32 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

From the upper level at Gordon, there are about 12 steps down, and then there are the long ramps to the right and left leading towards the pedestrian crossings. Otherwise, you can take the elevator down to the almost disused platform 1, and then the confusing ramp through the shrubbery down to the s...
by Liamena
Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:15 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

IIRC, last time there was a shut down like this, we dropped at Gordon Station (interchange) ran empty under the railway line into Werona Ave, (pick-up zone) then left into Park and right onto the highway, but that was a few years back before all the changes were made at Gordon Station. Nothing wron...
by Liamena
Mon Dec 11, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport
Replies: 41
Views: 11246

Re: New Year's Eve (and holiday period) transport

You would save a lot of time going directly by the freeway from Berowra to Gordon. Having "limited stops" services seems rather pointless when in most cases ( like Asquith, Mt Colah etc ) the road is right next to the station and it would take only 15 seconds to stop for a few people to ge...
by Liamena
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:50 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Chatswood - two questions....
Replies: 20
Views: 4828

Re: Chatswood - two questions....

Chatswood has been a "wayfinding" fail for a long time. The signage pointing to the stands is wrong. The arrows on the big square totem pole point the wrong way. As you approach from the train, the kerb on the side pointing north is cleverly bent out of sight so that you cannot easily see ...

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