Re: Safety Slowdown

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

Ah Yes, but they made a profit of some 84 millon dollars so thats good,isn't it
?????
Don.


Lourie Smit wrote:

> Today's Daily Telegarph has a half page article on speed restrici\tions
> which are alledgedly in place at 257 sites across the NSW rail network
> today, including a  40km/h limit on the new Olympic Park loop.
> The speed-limited sites are listed in an official circular to all train
> drivers obtained by the Daily Telegraph.
> The Weekly Speed Notice for February 6 to 10 produced by the Rail Access
> Corporation, includes restrictions which have been in place for a month or
> more.
> Currently 127 km of track are under restriction, compared with 95 km last
> January and 59 km last July, mainly outside of the CityRail network, on
> country tracks..
> The following nine restrictions are listed in a table included in the
> article:-
> 1. Granville to Cabramatta. 50 km/h between Granville and Merrylands (track
> under observation).
> 2. Granville to Cabramatta. 40 km/h between Guildford and Merrylands (track
> under observation).
> 3. Carlingford Line. 20 km/h between Clyde and Rosehill (evaluating signal
> visibility).
> 4. Olympic Park loop. 40 km/h (track under observation).
> 5. Main west line. 40 km/h between Strathfield and Burwood (track under
> observation).
> 6. Bankstown line. 50 km/h between Belmore and Lakemba (track under
> observation).
> 7. Main West line. 30 km/h between Stanmore and Newtown (track under
> observation).
> 8. Illawarra line. 30 km/h between Tempe and Sydenham (track under
> observation).
> Main North line (to Broadmeadow). 70 km/h between Wyong and Gosford(track
> under observation).