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Here we go for 2021.
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Penrith line operating via City Circle and Bmt operating on the slows between St Marys and Blacktown for some odd reason.
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Penrith trains can't get over the Bridge, so perhaps the CC is a better alternative than terminating at Central(i).

Any T1 or T9 terminating at Wynyard Upper?
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Penrith services operating via the City Circle anti-clockwise, Hornsby and Richmond services from the country platforms at Central for the duration of the Harbour Bridge closure.
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boronia wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:34 pm Penrith trains can't get over the Bridge, so perhaps the CC is a better alternative than terminating at Central(i).

Any T1 or T9 terminating at Wynyard Upper?
No. Starting from North Sydney due to bridge works.
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Aurora wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:01 am
boronia wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:34 pm Penrith trains can't get over the Bridge, so perhaps the CC is a better alternative than terminating at Central(i).

Any T1 or T9 terminating at Wynyard Upper?
No. Starting from North Sydney due to bridge works.
So how do they get from North Sydney to Strathfield if the bridge is closed?
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boronia wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:42 am
Aurora wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:01 am

No. Starting from North Sydney due to bridge works.
So how do they get from North Sydney to Strathfield if the bridge is closed?
There are replacement buses running across the harbour.
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Missing the question which was "How do the TRAINS get from North Sydney to Strathfield" if the bridge is closed?
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Aurora wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:01 am
boronia wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:34 pm Penrith trains can't get over the Bridge, so perhaps the CC is a better alternative than terminating at Central(i).

Any T1 or T9 terminating at Wynyard Upper?
No. Starting from North Sydney due to bridge works.
This does not answer my question. Where do T9 and Richmond trains terminate in the city?
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boronia wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:32 am
Aurora wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:01 am

No. Starting from North Sydney due to bridge works.
This does not answer my question. Where do T9 and Richmond trains terminate in the city?
Linto already answered this question.
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Stonesourscotty wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:09 pm Penrith line operating via City Circle and Bmt operating on the slows between St Marys and Blacktown for some odd reason.
BMT trains on the Weekend, January 2 & 3, were tabled to run on the Fast (Suburban) Lines between St Marys and Blacktown, so there may have been an incident, track obstruction, or some Emergency trackwork on that section of track.
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boronia wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:34 pm Penrith trains can't get over the Bridge, so perhaps the CC is a better alternative than terminating at Central(i).

Any T1 or T9 terminating at Wynyard Upper?
On the Weekend, January 2 & 3, due to Trackwork in Sydney Terminal only Platforms 1 to 4 were available for use.

In respect to the Harbour Bridge work, the Track Possession extends from Central to North Sydney (Shore Lines).
There are no services running Central to Wynyard (High Level) and return.
They may require Wynyard (High Level) to be clear for any Work trains which are required to run.
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Fleet Lists wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:30 am Missing the question which was "How do the TRAINS get from North Sydney to Strathfield" if the bridge is closed?
For the closure of the Shore Lines between Central and North Sydney, Services have been altered accordingly for minimal impact to Customers travelling.

To provide the service on each side of the Possession, Train sets have been allocated and positioned differently, possibly prior to the closure, or with Empty running, utilising sets from other Depots e.g. Hornsby MC.
They have allocated a number of Train sets for the Shuttle service running between North Sydney and Hornsby.
T9 Northern Line services, running via Strathfield, have been extended to run to and from Berowra.
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Report from a mate this morning, a number of 81 class working on the bridge tracks
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Nearly all lines messed up this evening due a suicide at Lidcombe
I found it quicker to travel Central Epping on the Wyong train then metro then 607x then 706 then Blue mountains train then a 770 than to catch a Penrith service to Kingswood from Central. I know a few other Penrith users did similar but caught local buses from other metro stations then local services to Penrith.
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I don't know how long it has been there, but in the escalator atrium between Wynyard Walk and Clarence St, there is a massive video wall with CGI simulations of Wynyard station featuring trams, single deck trains and Waratahs.

Very cleverly done, well worth a visit. Takes about 3 minutes to cycle through.
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Disturbing footage of no crowd mitigation measures when it is needed the most to ensure at least some sort of order when social distance may not be even possible.
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boronia wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:39 pm I don't know how long it has been there, but in the escalator atrium between Wynyard Walk and Clarence St, there is a massive video wall with CGI simulations of Wynyard station featuring trams, single deck trains and Waratahs.

Very cleverly done, well worth a visit. Takes about 3 minutes to cycle through.
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I think the video wall was installed when they redid that part of the station when they opened it up to Barangaroo, but hadn't really noticed what was on it - though being a video wall they can change the content to suit obviously.
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I've been up there a few times last year, but this was the first time I've seen it actually working. Maybe they turn it off at weekends, which is when I've been there?
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Mtpv1 appears to have been stabled at MacDonaldtown yard

Half Aboriginal livery H55 is stabled at Penrith today not seen this livery in Penrith previously
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HARBOUR BRIDGE CLOSURE
There's still a lot of timber sleepers. Did they only 'concrete" the down track?
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Stonesourscotty wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:00 am Mtpv1 appears to have been stabled at MacDonaldtown yard
Not stabled. Just turning around to return into the city.
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lunchbox wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:53 pm HARBOUR BRIDGE CLOSURE
There's still a lot of timber sleepers. Did they only 'concrete" the down track?
I think it was the decking under the tracks that was replaced. Concrete sleepers might be too noisy.
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lunchbox wrote: There's still a lot of timber sleepers. Did they only 'concrete" the down track?
Up track only either side of the pylons, i.e. not under the coathanger. So ifthe whole thing is to be done, only a quarter of the way there.
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I went past in the bus during the week. There was definitely activity in the middle section.
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