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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2006 22:24:16 GMT
Why is it not possible for a train in the s/b platform at Kings Cross Vic to enter the siding? I cannot understand the omission of a shunt route from the s/b platform into the siding, especially as it prevents the logical south-to-north reversal should there be a shutdown between Kings Cross and Warren Street.
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Post by Tom on Oct 15, 2006 13:30:59 GMT
The most likely explanation for it would be because the client didn't require it. S-N reversing there would be rather lengthy and resource hungry (as it would need double ended trains to improve the reversing time). Not to mention the additional cost of making the additional track circuits bi-directional.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2006 17:27:31 GMT
Fair enough, then.
But what about failures on the s/b? Right now a dud train that packs up between Highbury and Warren Street on the s/b has to go all the way to the latter before it can be reversed back north and to depot (especially for slow speed defects). A shunt route direct from the s/b would be useful in that particular circumstance, especially given the way the Vic Line ATO works.
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