On 14/04/11 09:30, Jones, Richard wrote:
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> Not all crews are qualified for Millennium sets, by the way, due to

> crewing sectorisation, which creates immense problems.


And has been the case since the beginning it appears. Sector 1 drivers
were never trained on them, so when a Millennium set was rostered into
Sector 1 to 'show off' apparently the crews to work it used to come over
by taxi from Campbelltown.

> In case there is any suspicion of favouritism for Sector 2, because I

> live on that sector, there is a contractual obligation regarding the

> Airport line where CityRail is supposed to operate a large percentage

> of the newest trains on that line. The rosters earmarked for "A" sets

> are currently being operated with "S" sets, so we are probably only

> just meeting our obligation. The number of Tangara trains on Sector 2

> was reduced from 20 to 9 eight car sets when the Millennium trains

> were introduced and the 11 sets were dispersed to Sectors 1 and 3.


Sector 1 (Mortdale) seems to never get any new stuff any more. Payback
for being the first double deck only line I suppose.

I seem to recall the official excuse for no M sets on Sector 1 was that
the power supply on the Cronulla branch wasn't strong enough, but that
excuse must be wearing a bit thin after all the $$$$ spent down in the
Shire duplicating the branch line to Cronulla. One would hope the put
appropriate extra power in while they were at it.

Soon Mortdale might get the distinction of being an all Tangara depot.

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> The destination display on A1, as I recall, was "Have a nice visit to

> Sydney" but that was deleted when it was brought to the attention of

> senior RailCorp management.

>

Like typical 'management', no sense of humour :-)