Timetables have changed!
And thanks Jely, Meneng and "Amazing" Josh for an awesome day of serving yesterday! The whole thing was so encouraging! =)
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5 comments:
the timetables are crap...having slower trains so there's more probability of them being on time more and because they're on time more they'll jack up the price.
=) ditto...ditto!
nayfon: mmmmm long story...I'll try and provide a general overview below.
Jely: Hehehe...gotta go back! ^.^
Overview:
In the new timetable, it's not just a case of adding more time to fudge on-time figures. There's the side the public doesn't get to see - the redoing of crew timetables and changeovers, the reduction of flat junction crossing movements, the provision of more standby trains, increased separation of lines and tracks (especially between Strathfield and Central) etc.
While there are things which ought to be improved, I am supportive of what the timetable has done because at least it is now more reliable. At least now there's more chance one can look at a timetable and expect it to be more or less adhered to.
CityRail's network is ridiculously complicated, and they're not joking when they say a problem in one part of the network will affect other parts of the network because the whole thing has developed over 150 years and it's incredibly integrated (unfortunately). It's probably a bit less so now with the new timetable as it's slightly more robust, but it's still true.
With improving reliability to jack up prices...well, the market will probably be jacking up fuel prices a lot worse than however much the government will raise rail fares (which haven't increased since 2004). Some say we'll soon get used to paying $2 per litre of fuel...owwwwww
Hmmm... hey, how many people does a train carriage convey? And how heavy is a trian carriage?
unkoh: depends what type of train!
For example,
An 8-car Millennium Train can SEAT 904 people and weighs 382 tonnes without any passengers on board.
An 8-car Suburban Tangara can SEAT 840 people and weighs 368 tonnes without passengers.
A standard 8-car non-airconditioned suburban set can SEAT about 972 people and weighs approximately 320 tonnes.
So basically, your average suburban train carriage can hold at least 100 people seated and can weigh anything between 34 to 50 tonnes (depending on whether there's a motor in the carriage, A/C equipment etc).
If a train was really really full with people standing everywhere nice n close ("sardine mode") I reckon you could cram an additional 50 people per carriage (if you packed the aisles and vestibule areas), meaning a full train can probably hold at least 1200 people if not more. Now THAT would add a lot of weight to the train. And take 1200 cars off the road too. =)
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