Bankstown- Blacktown direct services

With all the talk of rail- clearways, I thought I'd upload a timetable page from 2002 showing the direct services operating between the Bankstown and Western lines.

Revesby Quadruplication set to start

The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader report that Frank Sartor has approved the start of the Kingsgrove- Revesby Quadruplication of the East Hills Line, a Rail Clearways project. Relocation of services will commence this year prior to the start of construction in 2009.

Quakers Hill- Vineyard duplication

The Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (TIDC) invited expressions of interest for the work associated with this duplication of part of the Richmond Line, as part of the Clearways programme. An industry briefing on 28 February outlined more details of the proposal, due to be completed in 2012. It looks as though Schofields and Vineyard will be completely rebuilt, with the provision of 3 platforms at Vineyard. Interestingly this was to be the point where the North West Rail Link (NWRL) was to perhaps join the Richmond Line at some future date, although with the NWRL morphing into the North West Metro, it seems unlikely that this will ever happen. Is 3 platforms at Vineyard now something of an overkill? Are they really going to terminate services at Vineyard? Anyway, the full briefing is at http://www.tidc.nsw.gov.au/ViewSite.aspx?PageID=392, with line maps and some site photos.