Re: Signal Failure @ East Hills Line!!!

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Roy Marshall wrote:

> Due to what was announced as a 'points failure at Turella' no trains to
> Macarthur via Redfern tonight at 5pm, big delays on the Bankstown line
> too. After a Bankstown via Lidcombe at 4.50pm the next Bankstown was
> announced as due at 5.20pm. To get to Campbelltown from Redfern I went
> via Granville only to get caught at Fairfield where the boom gates on
> the level crossing had failed and we tripped through 3 signals.Followed
> another train signal to signal also."Due to late running" the Glenfield
> train I was on terminated at Liverpool - finally got to Campbelltown in
> around 2 hours!

The boom gates had not failed.  Some dickbrain in a truck drove straight through
them in front of a train.  There was one failed signal between Fairfield and
Canley Vale.

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David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
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