Edited 13 Nov 2018 12:28, 3 years ago, edited by awsgc24

But that then cuts off all the suburbs north of there who currently have a direct if a somewhat windy connection to Sydney and keeping the old line to serve Helensburgh to Austimer stations rather degrades the case for the new route, but if you don't the political uproar is also unacceptable.

Phrase "Greatest Good for Greatest Many" comes to mind.

Remember the the tiny community at Cowan lost its through suburban service when the centre turnback siding was built at the more heavily populated Berowra. Cowan still has fast interurban trains.

The phrase is not "Some good for not very many".

It would be useful to have a copy of Cityrail's passenger count book.

Maps:
* Cowan: http://www.street-directory.com.au/?x=151.1707971558912&y=-33.588864557900635&l=12
* Berowra: http://www.street-directory.com.au/?x=151.1536796955498&y=-33.623912176997266&l=12

Cowan is about 300m x 300m in area (90,000m^2)
Berowra and Berowra Heights is about 10 times the area of Cowan.

Edited 13 Nov 2018 12:21, 3 years ago, edited by awsgc24

But that then cuts off all the suburbs north of there who currently have a direct if a somewhat windy connection to Sydney and keeping the old line to serve Helensburgh to Austimer stations rather degrades the case for the new route, but if you don't the political uproar is also unacceptable.

Phrase "Greatest Good for Greatest Many" comes to mind.

Remember the the tiny community at Cowan lost its through suburban service when the centre turnback siding was built at the more heavily populated Berowra. Cowan still has fast interurban trains.

The phrase is not "Some good for not very many".

It would be useful to have a copy of Cityrail's passenger count book.

Maps:
* Cowan: http://www.street-directory.com.au/?x=151.1707971558912&y=-33.588864557900635&l=12
* Berowra:

Edited 13 Nov 2018 12:12, 3 years ago, edited by awsgc24

But that then cuts off all the suburbs north of there who currently have a direct if a somewhat windy connection to Sydney and keeping the old line to serve Helensburgh to Austimer stations rather degrades the case for the new route, but if you don't the political uproar is also unacceptable.

Phrase "Greatest Good for Greatest Many" comes to mind.

Remember the the tiny community at Cowan lost its through suburban service when the centre turnback siding was built at the more heavily populated Berowra. Cowan still has fast interurban trains.

The phrase is not "Some good for not very many".

It would be useful to have a copy of Cityrail's passenger count book.