Re: (NSW) City Circle Indicator Boards etc

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

At night time, the indicators should read 2 cars instead of 4 as the trains
usually have a couple of cars blacked out.

That would help stop passengers from spreading out along the platform,
slowing down boarding.

bye tr

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Rob McKiernan <blobigus@optus.net.au> wrote in message
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> Folks,
> How is it communicated to the stations in the city circle how many cars
> there are in the approaching run?. I would think it is by timetable /
> composition list ? Anyway, on a service on the inner west, the 17:12 from
> Town Hall, the monitor always says it's an 8 car set but it invariably
ends
> up being a 6 car C Set of late which causes heaps of scrambling from
> everyone waiting at the front of the platform....not good with the narrow
> platforms.
> Is it a replacement set or do all C sets run as 6 cars because the 08:22
> from Newtown is also a 6 car set which is always packed and running late.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>