Re: Why does my train do this?

[Railvic <railvic@primus.com.au>]

John MacCallum wrote:

> 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.

AFAIK, all "revenue" services are timetabled to stop at North Melbourne,
unless Bayside has recently introduced express services that skip North
Melbourne (I don't know this, as I don't work for them, but the other
company).

Railvic