Re: Why does my train do this?

[Peter Shute <pshute@melbpc.org.au>]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 13:42:18 GMT, Michael Kurkowski
<mk@netstra.com.au> wrote:

>Peter Shute said in message <uks0asob0v154cna780kec56jhb3n9e90q@4ax.com>, I 
>therefore quote:
>
>>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?
>
>Having seen this happen, late one night before, my only guess could be, the 
>driver is exchanging documents with a member of staff of the station. He 
>would be going far enough ahead to clear the signal, but not too far to 
>make the person walk down the other end of the platform. 

That sounds plausible. I'll try to have a look who's on the platform
next time it happens.

Peter Shute