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Noticed a 2 car Northern Tablelands Xplorer this afternoon on the Up service. It was 5 cars yesterday. Has NSW Trainlink cut back on its regional services?
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Transtopic wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:46 pm Noticed a 2 car Northern Tablelands Xplorer this afternoon on the Up service. It was 5 cars yesterday. Has NSW Trainlink cut back on its regional services?
That service normally operates with 5 cars (2 cars + 3 cars coupled from Narrabri and Armidale respectively), however due to an incident on the line between Tamworth and Werris Creek, the service from Armidale terminated at Tamworth, and the 2 cars from Narrabri continued to Sydney solo.

With the number of people travelling at the moment, it probably wouldn't have caused a huge disruption.
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BroadGauge wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:42 pm
Transtopic wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:46 pm Noticed a 2 car Northern Tablelands Xplorer this afternoon on the Up service. It was 5 cars yesterday. Has NSW Trainlink cut back on its regional services?
That service normally operates with 5 cars (2 cars + 3 cars coupled from Narrabri and Armidale respectively), however due to an incident on the line between Tamworth and Werris Creek, the service from Armidale terminated at Tamworth, and the 2 cars from Narrabri continued to Sydney solo.

With the number of people travelling at the moment, it probably wouldn't have caused a huge disruption.
That might explain why I saw the Northern Tablelands Xplorer this morning at Central with only a single 3 car train, about 5 minutes before departure (even though the destination board referred to the 2 car train at the rear, which was nowhere to be seen).
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pgt wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:23 pm
BroadGauge wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:42 pm
That service normally operates with 5 cars (2 cars + 3 cars coupled from Narrabri and Armidale respectively), however due to an incident on the line between Tamworth and Werris Creek, the service from Armidale terminated at Tamworth, and the 2 cars from Narrabri continued to Sydney solo.

With the number of people travelling at the moment, it probably wouldn't have caused a huge disruption.
That might explain why I saw the Northern Tablelands Xplorer this morning at Central with only a single 3 car train, about 5 minutes before departure (even though the destination board referred to the 2 car train at the rear, which was nowhere to be seen).
5 car Up service today, which is no doubt the return of yesterday's morning Down service. With today's 3 car Down service, I expect that the return Up service tomorrow will be 6 cars.
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Multiple service cancellations tonight due to additional COVID rules from midnight.
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Whilst there hasn't been any official announcement yet, Tripview is showing the Sunday timetable as operating across the entire electrified network on Monday and Tuesday.

Diesel services in the Southern Highlands, Hunter and Kiama to Bomaderry are still listed as operating to a weekday timetable, however.

The latter two lines entirely service areas that are not in lockdown, although notably in the Newcastle area, the service scheduled to be provided to the minor stations between Morriset and Broadmeadow on a weekend timetable is significantly less than a weekday (just one train every 2 hours), and that area is classed as regional and hence is not in lockdown, with kids still attending schools etc.
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Sunday timetable to run for at least the next fortnight.
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Campbelltown busboy wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:05 pm A person called into 2GB about half hour ago saying that a container truck lost it's container on Burwood road Burwood after the driver attempted to drive the truck under the rail bridge with the container on the back would this effect the rail service
The truck was a flat bed tow truck which was carrying a caravan. The caravan was wedged between the protective bar under the train bridge and the rear of the truck tray and hovering only centimetres above the road.
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Aurora wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:10 pm Sunday timetable to run for at least the next fortnight.
But Hunter, Southern Highlands, Nowra, Bathurst and majority of XPT/Xplorer services are however still operating to the weekday timetable
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Aurora wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:36 am But Hunter, Southern Highlands, Nowra, Bathurst and majority of XPT/Xplorer services are however still operating to the weekday timetable
It’s only greater Sydney along with all electric intercity services that run to the Sunday timetable plus all those areas that are along those lines aren’t on strict stay at home orders like Sydney Central Coast Wollongong Shellharbour and the Blue Mountains are. There might be a issue on the southern highlands line with Manangle Park being classed as being in the Campbelltown LGA other then and questions over if Wollondilly Shire is classed as a greater Sydney LGA the rest of the LGA areas along the main south line south of Bargo the main western line west of Blue Mountains the south coast line south of Shellharbour Juction and the main northern line west of the Broradmedow junction along with Newcastle and most probably Lake Macquarie are classed as regional areas
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> questions over if Wollondilly Shire is classed as a greater Sydney LGA

There are no such "questions" - what are you on about? The Greater Sydney LGA's that are part of the lockdown are very clearly indicated in the public health orders. Wollondilly Shire is absolutely part of Greater Sydney and no one in the area should have any misunderstanding of this. Here's the reference if you need it: Wollondilly Shire is part of the Schedule 1 of the Greater Sydney Commission Act 2015 No 57 ( https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/who ... -057#sch.1 Greater Sydney Commission ) which is referenced by the public health orders.

Stop spreading misinformation.
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jpp42 wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:05 pm > questions over if Wollondilly Shire is classed as a greater Sydney LGA

There are no such "questions" - what are you on about? The Greater Sydney LGA's that are part of the lockdown are very clearly indicated in the public health orders. Wollondilly Shire is absolutely part of Greater Sydney and no one in the area should have any misunderstanding of this. Here's the reference if you need it: Wollondilly Shire is part of the Schedule 1 of the Greater Sydney Commission Act 2015 No 57 ( https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/who ... -057#sch.1 Greater Sydney Commission ) which is referenced by the public health orders.

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Aurora wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:10 pm Sunday timetable to run for at least the next fortnight.
Except on the one line that doesn't need drivers of course. The Metro is running every 20 minutes!
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8 car v set heading from Penrith up the mountains running completely empty just driver and guard.
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Food for thought in light of Sydney's growing dependence on underground systems.

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Kingswood station has Fare zone added to all the platforms but not on the overhead rail bridge.
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All regional XPT and Xplorer train services seem to have been suspended at the moment during the statewide lockdown. Two XPT sets are reportedly stabled presently in the yard at Albury.

There is no replacement coach service operating either. I did happen to see an XPT bound for Albury a bit over a week ago, back when travel within Regional NSW was still unrestricted, and it looked like there were around 5 passengers on the entire train, so I can't imagine there would be a huge number of effected passengers now.
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BroadGauge wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:41 pm All regional XPT and Xplorer train services seem to have been suspended at the moment during the statewide lockdown. Two XPT sets are reportedly stabled presently in the yard at Albury.

There is no replacement coach service operating either. I did happen to see an XPT bound for Albury a bit over a week ago, back when travel within Regional NSW was still unrestricted, and it looked like there were around 5 passengers on the entire train, so I can't imagine there would be a huge number of effected passengers now.
A significant number of NSW trainlink staff are isolating after potential infectious situation, hence minimal staff available to operate trains.
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So a few weeks ago B sets where regularly shuttling between Penrith and St Marys to test something but today it was a single D set at the normal time that the B set passes Kingswood westbound didn't get an Id but it was one of the Longer D sets unsure if this was linked to the Penrith St marys testing or if it was just in the same time window. Didn't get a chance to see if it returned as I had a gym appointment.
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From SMH today:
COVID-positive Sydney woman stopped on regional NSW train: police
By Sarah McPhee

More than 20 people have been placed into hotel quarantine in Port Macquarie after police say a COVID-positive woman from Sydney’s west caught a train bound for the Mid North Coast with her three children.

Officers received reports last night that the woman had failed to isolate after returning a positive COVID-19 test result, and was on a train from Strathfield to Coffs Harbour.
Police say a COVID-positive woman from Sydney’s west caught a train bound for the Mid North Coast with her children.

Police say a COVID-positive woman from Sydney’s west caught a train bound for the Mid North Coast with her children.Credit:Edwina Pickles

Strathfield is one of 12 local government areas of concern for COVID-19 cases in Sydney.

Lockdown restrictions lift in parts of regional NSW, including Coffs Harbour, at 12.01am tomorrow.The train was stopped at Kempsey at about 10.40pm.

The woman and her three children were removed by police and taken by NSW Ambulance paramedics to a special health hotel at Port Macquarie for quarantine purposes.

“Following further inquiries, the 17 passengers and six crew on board at the time were also taken to the quarantine hotel, where they remain under the care of NSW Health,” NSW Police said in a statement.

“Other passengers who alighted the train at stations previously in the journey are being contacted by NSW Health.”

Inquiries into the incident are ongoing including potential breaches of the public health orders.

On-the-spot fines for breaching self-isolation and regional travel rules range from $3000 to $5000 and permits are also required to leave Sydney.

Federal MP for Cowper, Pat Conaghan, whose electorate covers Kempsey, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie, said on Facebook today he had been notified of a positive case travelling by train in the region.

“Mid North Coast Health has advised that this is not a local COVID-19 case and there has been no local transmission within our community,” he said.

“A number of close contacts have been identified and are in isolation.”

Mr Conaghan also shared a statement from Transport for NSW which stated the XPT (express passenger train) had returned to Sydney for a deep clean before returning to service.

“Yesterday’s NSW Trains service from Sydney to Grafton was held at Kempsey last night after a COVID-19 positive case was identified on board the service,” the transport agency said.

“NSW Police and NSW Health attended and identified the customer.”
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Looking at trip planner and tripview, all trains are scheduled to skip all stations within the Sydney CBD apart from Central between 9am and 2pm today (Saturday) (i.e Wynyard, Town Hall, Circular Quay, St James, Museum, Redfern and Martin Place).

I could not find any further information on this so I'm not sure if it's a mistake or whether there were some protests planned in the city etc.
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Frodo wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:26 am Looking at trip planner and tripview, all trains are scheduled to skip all stations within the Sydney CBD apart from Central between 9am and 2pm today (Saturday) (i.e Wynyard, Town Hall, Circular Quay, St James, Museum, Redfern and Martin Place).

I could not find any further information on this so I'm not sure if it's a mistake or whether there were some protests planned in the city etc.
Various sources are mentioning possible protests in the city today (same is happening in Melbourne with respect to both the protests, and public transport stoppages), which would explain why it's not showing any trains stopping in the CBD core.
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