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Re: Drugs on trains



i have also seen "chroming" on the saint albans line about 4 times

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"Vaughan Williams" <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, tis I.
>
> I didn't actually suggest train guards in the old style of sitting at
> the back of the train. What I did suggest was conductors, or "roving
> guards" (which are basically the same thing, a la V-line).
>
> I also advocated all the stations being staffed.
>
> The journalist pressed me to name the problem lines and so I indicated
> where, to my knowledge, IV drug use on trains has been reported. I've
> personally observed it twice on the #86 tram and once on the Epping
> line. Thats probably because 90% of my travel is done on these two
> routes.
>
> Vaughan
>
> In article <396bd20b$0$11188$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
>   "James C" <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote:
> > <PTUA secretary Vaughan Williams >
> >
> > Is this the same person that visit this forum regularly?
> > > I'm not sure one of the solutions suggested, returning guards to
> > > trains, is going to make any difference though. As suggested in
> other
> > > threads, and in the past when it comes up, railway guards were
> there to
> > > guard the train in a safeworking sense. Every time it was suggested
> > > guards roam the trains in Melbourne, all hell broke loose. I think
> it
> > > happened for a short time and then they stopped doing it (safety
> > > reasons?). Then the government got rid of them. If all the guard is
> > > going to do is ride in their box up the end, read the paper and ding
> > > the bell twice and shut the doors, I doubt that trains will be any
> more
> > > safe and secure than they are now without them. Just my 2c worth!
>
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