Re: Great Service City Rail

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Glenn J-B" <grjb@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
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> > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > Dave Proctor wrote:
> > >
> > > > This *IS* an example of moronic staff. The guard knew (or should
have
> > known)
> > > > that as soon as the train arrived at platform 21 at Central, it was
not
> > > > going to Gordon - yet no announcement was made. This is the reason
> > > > passengers get upset.
> > >
> > > Was the PA in working order?
> >
> > There were "Stand Clear, Doors Closing" all the way from Penrith.
> >
> > Dave
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> And if the guard didnt know then the driver certainly did because he would
have
> got a piece of paper to tell him of his altered working. So maybe we
should ask
> our drivers to use a little bit of their brain matter and liase with the
guard
> (question mark)

The guard would have known when his Gordon-bound train was switched from the
Up Suburban to the Up Local, then to the Up Illawarra Local, then to the Up
Illawarra (might have got those last two around the wrong way). He was
making announcements all the way in about it being a Gordon train, something
should have twigged when arriving at Platform 21 (from memory, there is no
crossover after leaving Central to enable it to get to the North Shore
lines).

Dave