作者廢鐵人

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Trials of train leave passengers derailed
HEATH ASTON
August 8, 2010

RAILCORP will shut down a suburban rail line this week to test the new Waratah train, breaking a promise that the trials would not inconvenience passengers.

Services on the Carlingford line will be replaced by buses from 9pm to 2am from Wednesday to Saturday.

Testing of the delayed and over-budget train will go ahead despite assurances in April from RailCorp and private sector partner Reliance Rail that it would happen overnight, after daily services had finished, "to avoid delays and interruptions to scheduled passenger services".

Early tests of the first four of 78 Chinese-made trains were run overnigh...