Railway_Digest__February_2018

News
New South Wales
The AK car set was stabled at
Sydney Central platform 7 on
Friday evening 15 December
2017, bookended by S Set
power cars C3001 and C3049
at the western end and C3764
and C3752 at the eastern end.
Wade Turner
New pedestrian footbridge and lifts for Jannali Station
NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance and
Miranda MP Eleni Petinos officially opened the completed upgrade at
Jannali station on Tuesday 12 December.
The upgrade, which features a new footbridge connection spanning
the lines between Jannali Avenue and Railway Crescent, will make it easier
for less mobile commuters to move between the station and local shops.
(Jannali is located on the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line approximately
22.7 kilometres from Central station.)
“The footbridge and two new lifts enhance accessibility at the
station, which has been upgraded under the NSW Government’s
Transport Access Program, an initiative to provide safe, modern and
accessible public transport infrastructure,” Mr Constance said.
As part of the upgrade a bus shelter closer to the station entrance
on Jannali Avenue has been constructed, along with a new bus zone
on Mitchell Avenue and kiss and ride spaces on Railway Crescent.
Improvements to the Oxley Avenue car park and footpath to the station
have also been completed. In addition, upgrades to lighting and CCTV
surveillance have added to safety and security at the station.
The NSW Government announced a further commitment of $200
million to the Transport Access Program in the 2017 state budget, taking
its investment to over $1 billion since 2011, with 450 projects either
completed or underway across the state.
Some of the additional funding will be used for planning at five stations
T4 line stations, including Como (21.2 kilometres from Central).
Completed upgrades on the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line
include;
• a new commuter car park with 100 spaces, new lift and pedestrian
footbridge at Oatley (18.3 kilometres from Central); and
• a new commuter car park, footpath and lighting at Engadine (30.8
kilometres from Central).
Clyde/EMD unit 8173 sits in
Botany Yard at Banksmeadow
with a small train of garbage/
waste containers awaiting
the return run to Clyde as
Train No. T131, early Monday
morning 11 December.
At Clyde, the wagons will
be amalgamated with
considerably more wagons
to then head south to Crisps
Creek, on the Canberra line,
for dumping at the former
Woodlawn Mine. Jim Bruce
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