Re: Safety Slowdown

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <b1qn4.20002$3b6.85236@ozemail.com.au> "Lourie Smit" <lsmit@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>From: "Lourie Smit" <lsmit@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Safety Slowdown
>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 13:23:45 +1100

That's all very interesting. How did they get their dirty hands on a weekly 
speed notice. I could have sworn they are "For the information of employees 
not for publication"

Dave Malcolm

>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).