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Dave Proctor wrote in message ...

>Just on this, 
with the new timetables starting with the first trains on 21
>May, but 
with the airport line being unavailabel for most of the day, how
>will 
they handle trains that day that are supposed to run via the 
airport?
>Obviously run them via Sydneham, but how will they handle them 
with the
>different running times? Put into place an STN for the day 
(great for the
>first ay of a timetable, don't use it!)
>
>Any 
thoughts or actual knowledge?
>

I finally got around to reading through the weekend timetable that applies in Sydney from Sunday 21 May. Basically, it’s unchanged.

The Airport line is served by a new service which runs from Turrella at intervals of 11/19 minutes. Half the trains terminate at Central platform 21 and half continue around the City Circle, then express to Ashfield.

The trains are all tabled to use five six-car sets, with a little humour added by the choice of Run numbers 707, 717, 727, 737, 738, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787 and 797.

A typical hour looks like this …

			787T	727V		707V	747V
Turrella	dep.		12:07	12:18		12:37	12:48
Central	arr.		12:23	12:34		12:53	13:04
	dep.		12:25	-----		12:55	-----
			787U			707W
Circular Quay	….		12:32	forms		13:02	forms
Central	arr.		12:39	12:45		13:09	13:15
	dep.		12:40			13:10
Ashfield	arr.		12:52			13:22
			787V			707X
Ashfield	dep.		12:59			13:29
Central	arr.		13:10			13:40
	dep.		13:11			13:41
		747W	787W		767Y	707Y
Circular Quay	….		13:18			13:48
Central	arr.		13:25			13:55
	dep.	13:15	13:26		13:45	13:56
Turrella	arr.	13:33	13:43		14:03	14:13
forms		13:37	13:48		14:07	14:16
					Run 777A	Run 717A

BTW, is this the first regular service to Mascot using a 757?

Rgds