Re: [NSW] Strange rails at Hurstville

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

There are support columns for the shopping centre above adjacent to the
running lines. They wouldn't want to risk having a derailed train hitting
them.

When they built the shopping centre above Kogarah, they didn't repeat this
design flaw and placed the supports on the platforms instead.

bye tr

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Bradley Torr <btorr@bigpond.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> chris wrote in message <3952080B.37C9DCE7@enet21.com.au>...
> >to keep the train going in a straight line if it derails, also used on
> bridges
> >for obvious reasons.
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> I see, pretty logical.
>
> Why don't they use it on the entire network then to help minimise the
damage
> of all derailments? Why is it used at Hurstville, and not at every
station?
> Is there something special about Hurstville that it needs this kind of
extra
> protection?
>
> Regards,
> Bradley.
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