Re: Why does my train do this?

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au>]

"John MacCallum" <johnmac@lisp.com.au> wrote in message
38A0A07C.F5D55CCE@lisp.com.au">news:38A0A07C.F5D55CCE@lisp.com.au...
> Peter Shute wrote:
> > Often my morning train (St Albans to F.St via loop) stops a couple of
> > carriages short at North Melb (platform 3), waits about a minute, then
> > moves up. Why? Any ideas?
> > Peter Shute
>
> You don't say if your train is tabled to stop at Nth Melbourne or not.
> In Sydney it is common practise to stand off the Platform if
> the Signal at the departure end of the Platform is at stop and you
> are not tabled to stop at that station.

That won't be the reason. All suburban trains stop at North Melbourne.


Daniel
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