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Thread: Proposed 2009 CityRail timetable |
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:38 pm Subject: Re: Proposed 2009 CityRail timetable |
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Thread: Back to Single Deck; Western Line terminates at Syd Terminal |
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Replies: 86
Views: 3481
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:25 am Subject: Re: Back to Single Deck; Western Line terminates at Syd Term |
| Platform 18 is also used for peak Blue Mountain services IIRC. |
Thread: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
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Replies: 18
Views: 1123
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:17 pm Subject: Re: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
Hi again,
I have another question.
For the ESR/Illawara trains that are running late, and go around the City Circle, which platforms would it use?
I assume it'd use Platforms 17, 20, or 21 bu ... |
Thread: Design fault |
minifhncc
Replies: 61
Views: 2360
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:15 pm Subject: Design fault |
I wonder just how much the actual "weight" of the overhead would be. IIRC, it was 0.98Kg per meter of "contact wire" and it would be pretty close to that for the current wire too.
Weight is always ... |
Thread: Free School Travel Under Threat |
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Replies: 82
Views: 2555
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:03 pm Subject: Re: Free School Travel Under Threat |
Obviously those who do not benefit from this scheme will be more or less against it, and provide a million reasons to why scrapping it was good.
Intellectually, it's very easy to comprehend. But un ... |
Thread: Free School Travel Under Threat |
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Replies: 82
Views: 2555
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:14 pm Subject: Re: Free School Travel Under Threat |
You do realise that these 'kids' will be paying for your pension when you're retired, don't you?
we all have experienced the benefits of this scheme at some point
I beg your pardon? Like a lot o ... |
Thread: Free School Travel Under Threat |
minifhncc
Replies: 82
Views: 2555
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:03 pm Subject: Re: Free School Travel Under Threat |
What will happen to the school special bus routes? Will students be charged to ride on those ones? (Assuming that they'd still be run)
The scheme has been in place for forty years, we all have expe ... |
Thread: Question about ticketing in Sydney |
minifhncc
Replies: 23
Views: 915
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:56 pm Subject: Re: Question about ticketing in Sydney |
| Yes it's unfortunate that international students don't get concessions, but you need to look at this in a two-fold manner. If I was to go another country to complete my studies at university, then wou ... |
Thread: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
minifhncc
Replies: 18
Views: 1123
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:27 pm Subject: Re: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
I see... Why did they change the ESR? and when did this happen?
Also, when did they start diverting some trains via Town Hall, and what line for they 'transform' into when they go around the City C ... |
Thread: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
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Replies: 18
Views: 1123
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:33 pm Subject: Bankstown Line via Town Hall |
Hello,
I was led to believe that some time ago some Bankstown Line trains went through the City Circle via Town Hall (ie. outer). Does this happen anymore? Because I looked at the timetable book an ... |
Thread: DDIU 9204 Next stop Moorebank |
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Replies: 39
Views: 2307
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:05 pm Subject: Re: DDIU 9204 Next stop Moorebank |
| Then how was the Tangara Driving Car powered without a motor car? I assume that it was pushed by the S set motor car? |
Thread: Guard's cab |
minifhncc
Replies: 7
Views: 641
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:02 am Subject: Guard's cab |
Hi,
I was traveling on a North Shore 'super six' R set yesterday and saw that the Guard's cab was open (and no, it wasn't one of those decommissioned ones)
When I got off I got my friend to tell ... |
Thread: CityRail speed limits |
minifhncc
Replies: 50
Views: 1868
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:27 pm Subject: Re: CityRail speed limits |
I don't know about you, but I don't want to go from say, Lidcombe to Central on an all stops on the Inner West Line.
I know there are alternatives like the Western and South Lines, but sometimes wh ... |
Thread: "A set" PPP update any news? |
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Replies: 64
Views: 3029
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:33 pm Subject: Re: "A set" PPP update any news? |
It wouldn't make sense for them to start on the ESR, as they will have problems and it'd be logical to start the trains on a quieter line.
Although Railcorp's 'logic' doesn't always seem logical  |
Thread: "A set" PPP update any news? |
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Replies: 64
Views: 3029
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:13 pm Subject: Re: "A set" PPP update any news? |
| What is the logic behind making it a non-divisible anyway? Wont it be a pain to remarshall if something goes wrong with, say one of the inner noncontrol motor cars, and it needs to be swapped? (assumi ... |
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