At a Neighbourhood Forum 3 Meeting held 20th January at
Thirroul, a call was made for every second fast train in morning and evening
peak hours to stop at Austinmer and/or Bulli. This would be to resolve a
chronic over-parking situation at Thirroul caused by the 2013 timetable. The
meeting also called for more trains, including one from Central to Wollongong
at about 3 pm on weekdays.
During weekday off peak times, there is a Newcastle to
Sydney train every half hour, whilst to and from Wollongong they tend to be
every half hour.
Infrastructure NSW in a 2012 report gave a target time
of one hour for Wollongong Sydney trains. This would require an average speed
of 83 km per hour, which has been achieved for Mandurah Perth trains for over 7
years now. Currently, Wollongong Sydney
trains average only about 55 km per hour. They need speeding up.
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