24 hour service in the "old days"?

invictius · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:13 am

Was there ever a 24 hour suburban service (at least, similar to how the intercity one is atm) at any stage?

hornetfig · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:27 pm

pre-Night Ride (so 1988 or whatever) services ran through the night

boaf · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:59 pm

Nightride is good, why run trains for the limited people who travel at those hours of the morning, bus them. Better alternative and imagine the damage that could be caused by them on trains. Western Line mostly.

The_Beer_Baron · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:39 pm

Mate, have you ever caught a nightride/nightmare before. When I use to live in Kogarah and needed to catch the nightride into work I would have to get there at least 15 mins before it was due. The first time I caught it it was 12 mins early, picked me up and didn't stop until central, so god only knows how early he was.

The Beer Baron.

21C123 · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:55 pm

Damien · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:41 am

Simes_mk2 · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:46 pm

yeah i tend to agree nightride needs an overhaul, maybe railcorp could buy up a heap of surplus bendies (read old) from adelaide and other cities, employ a company to manage them and have specially prepared "vomit comets" Laughing

vinyl seats and flooring that makes em easy to hose out would be the ideal

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boaf · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:27 pm

Yea i admit i don't use the western line regularly now, but how can you say that there is more damage on the illawara line. Never had any problems on the south coast line but have on the western line , but i think the school holidays is bad on any line.

Bwana · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:52 pm

Not comparing it to any other line, but in the mid 90's I used to come home from uni on trains around 9-10pm ex Wollongong, and don't recall ever doing it without seeing at least one drunk. I suspect the western line would be worse but I think boaf's statement "Nevr had any problems" is pushing it a bit.

boaf · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:59 pm

Its definately one of the safest lines. Well put it this way ive havent seen youths get on and drink and smoke like i saw on a western line train between Penrith and Mt Druitt. Wink

Damien · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:47 pm

invictius · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:45 am

Is there any timetable online for some of these older services? And I remember a newspaper article that detailed the crime rate by each line - has anyone got a copy of this?

JZ · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:18 pm

cammo2005 · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:48 pm

I do think that at least intercity trains should keep running through the night.

You don't get too many problems down south, so stopping the Intercity at Hurstville and Sutho as per normal should be fine (don't bother with Waterfall. It's a dot, with a grand total of about 20 houses nearby.

This would work fine for me. I could walk home from Sutho. I've gotten home pretty late here without issue.

It wouldn't need to be an uber-frequent service either. I think one an hour would suffice.

Services heading up the Blues could skip all stops except Parra (which probably should get some kind of service regardless of hour) and perhaps Stratty.

invictius · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:57 am

JZ: You're well 'ard - over 2 hours sitting on a nightride, BEFORE starting work?