Re: Departure-side (tram) stops

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

It is likely that some/all of these have been fitted with tram-priority
actuation to avoid the problem described.  Bus-priority actuation was
tested in Heidelberg [Victoria] about 20-30 years ago.
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Ronald BESDANSKY <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in article
<zNTi4.2424$YM1.4347@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> I have had some discussions with people over the years about the merits
of
> these as far as the passengers are concerned. As far as I can see,
they're a
> bad idea. On at least SOME occasions, the tram will arrive at the stop
with
> the signal red, and passengers can board and alight whilst the tram is
> waiting for the signal to change to green, so the two waiting periods
> overlap. With departure-side stops, this can never happen. Additional
time
> and energy is wasted in the tram having to stop TWICE, once for the
signal
> and once for the passengers.