Liamena wrote:It does seem rather pointless that they built the 4 tracks and don't use them. But I only go there on weekends.
The problem of course is the city circle, one can build as many tracks as one wants but they need somewhere to go.
Liamena wrote:It does seem rather pointless that they built the 4 tracks and don't use them. But I only go there on weekends.
Liamena wrote:It does seem rather pointless that they built the 4 tracks and don't use them. But I only go there on weekends.
Glen wrote:Liamena wrote:It does seem rather pointless that they built the 4 tracks and don't use them. But I only go there on weekends.
They do use them. In the new timetable T8 fast trains overtake stopping trains at all times on weekdays and weekends.
mandonov wrote:Glen wrote:They do use them. In the new timetable T8 fast trains overtake stopping trains at all times on weekdays and weekends.
That they are using them is why Padstow and Riverwood passengers are complaining about the timetable. They can't win.
boronia wrote:You can walk from Museum to TH quicker than a train takes, even without dwell times.
But according to Sydney Trains, the train "terminates" at Circular Quay, so maybe the crew get a rest break there.
Jurassic_Joke wrote: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 sitting still at circular quay are you serious?
That is so ridiculous and unnecessary unless its for changing crew.
On the other hand - im very pleased that there are M sets operating much more frequently on T2. In the old timetable, they'd stop service on the inner west line at around 9pm to boringly make way for A sets only, but now its dispersed nicely between M and A sets all the way till midnighteg the above mentioned service was an M set
Liamena wrote:Jurassic_Joke wrote: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 sitting still at circular quay are you serious?
Even without the exaggerated dwell, you could walk from Museum to Town Hall quicker than the train would get there,
Glen wrote:Spare a thought for people travelling further!
tonyp wrote:GazzaOak wrote:Well, except for the heritage building. I think they've done this at Newtown.
jpp42 wrote:andy_centralcoast, with the previous timetable wasn't there a huge problem with CCN trains missing their slot at Berowra or outside HMC and being routed behind suburban services? I seem to remember it was extremely tight before, and this caused big delays for CCN commuters. It seems like the extra recovery time is probably meant to mitigate that?
Newcastle Flyer wrote:I went to the Sydney Trains website timetable & use Friday 26th Jan 2018 first. And for some reason it comes up as a normal weekday times. That must be an error.
I adjusted the date on the trip planner by changing the date & time at the end of the URL from 201801040200 to 201801260200.
andy_centralcoast wrote: The travel alerts and trackwork page on transportnsw.info currently says there's "normal service" on the Central Coast & Newcastle line despite the line being closed from Berowra to Central.
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