needle stick injuries on suburban trains [Vic]

["Andrew Box" <boxy@bigpond.net.au>]

Hi

I just heard a couple of days ago about someone getting a needle stick
injury on a Bayside train to Dandenong, however this is not the first time
it has been in the media.  Channel 10 also had a special report on this
several mths back and it seems that the train compaines have done nothing to
solve this problem.  They say that it is the age and design of the trains
that are the problem, but are they not meant to be refubishing the Comeng
and buying new trains?

The first refubished Comeng trains aree meant to be on Hillisde by
September, but thats still 7mths away, and the new trains in 2002.   Its
just to long to wait. I noticed that nothing was done to fix the problem
when the hitachi trains where refubished not that long ago.

Regards

Andrew