Re: Indicator Lights on Sydney Trains (1980's).

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

Bernard Smith wrote in message ...
>Middle and left was Main Northern.
>
>The full list (from the 1978 edition of Transport Quiz) was:
>
>* Middle and right (facing the train) - to and from all points on
Illawarra,
>Cronulla and Royal National Park lines beyond Tempe; also trains travelling
>to and from Campbelltown.
>* Left and right - to and from Lithgow, Rope's Creek, Carlingford and
>Sandown or intermediate points.
>* Middle and left - to and from all points on the Main Northern Line.
>* Left, middle and right - to and from all points on East Hills Line.
>* Top left and bottom left - to and from all points on Bankstown via
>Sydenham or Lidcombe.
>* Top centre - between all points and Chullora Electric Car Workshops.
>
>I think they were an evolution from the UK system of marker lights
>indicating to signallers what type of train it was (express, all stops,
>freight, etc).  The introduction of centralised signalling made marker
>lights unnecessary.

>From an operational perspective, certainly unnecessary, but from a passenger
information perspective, it is better than what exists at the moment.

Dave