Re: [NSW] Precise time clocks

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> eikkert@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > > The new clocks are all linked and are exactly the right time. It is
> > > about time too as different stations have always shown different
> > > times.
> >
> > forget different stations at Hurstville you sometimes see the front
> > indicator (not a plasma indicator) showing the train due at a different
> > time to the rear.
>
> And sometimes they also show different stopping patterns!

Yes sometimes the ones at Burwood even have different destinations as one
indicator stuffs up--often the case is one gets updated but one doesn't.

>
> > What is the point of putting seconds on the clocks, it's not like the
> > trains are going to run that precisely.
>
> Mine used to when I was a guard.  9 seconds prior to departure I would
make the
> necessary PA announcement, then press the close button 3 seconds prior to
> departure time.  At departure time, I would give the driver the bell to
go.

I wish you're still a guard. Sometimes the morning trains would arrive
Burwood from Redfern a few minutes early according to the SPI indicator (low
patronage, and fast running). The guards would still hurry themselves to
Strathfield, where they then wait for a few minutes to the scheduled
departure time, instead of waiting at Burwood. Just makes it inconvenient
for some passengers.




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