Re: [NSW] Strange rails at Hurstville

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>]

There's an identical situation at North Sydney, wheck rails being used to stop
the train collapsing the building.

Mitch <webmaster@mitch.zzn.com> wrote in article
<CRC45.21080$N4.824441@ozemail.com.au>...
> There is a shopping centre/mall above the station.
> 
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> "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.
> >
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