Re: [NSW] Strange rails at Hurstville

["Mitch" <webmaster@mitch.zzn.com>]

There is a shopping centre/mall above the station.


"chris" <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
3952119C.25C491E4@enet21.com.au">news:3952119C.25C491E4@enet21.com.au...
> Cost, I don't know about Hurstville, maybe there is a shopping mall below
or
> above? they can't have trains knocking columns over or dropping through
the
> floor on top of shoppers.
>
> Chris
>
> Bradley Torr wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>