Re: Illawarra Meltdown 8/3/00

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

They shouldn't need to use umbrellas if there is adequate cover on the
platform

The Railway Rasputin II wrote:
> 
> In my experience as a guard and driver I found that passengers cause
> most of the delays when it rains.
> True wheel slips, signal failures etc occur but it is amazing to see
> groups of people huddled in small groups. One or two people at a time
> dash across into the carriage, then a small wait for the person to be
> fully in and fold up their umbrella, then another two so on and so on.
> Then there are the last minute crowd running down the stairs from the
> bus that has just pulled in late for much the same reason.
> Ok it might take only 30 secs longer but multiply it by the amount of
> stations.
> Next time it rains just have a look. :-)
> 
> rgds
> Mitch wrote:
> >
> > Rain plays hell in trains.. I won a competition to guess how late my train
> > was going to be. I won :)
> >
> > My morning train was ~ 5 minutes late. That is nothing for CityRail.
> >
> > <eikkert@my-deja.com> wrote in message 8a6fd8$602$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8a6fd8$602$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > | What happened yesterday on the Illawarra line?
> > |
> > | Approx. 7:30 - 8:00AM the following occured (most probably due to the
> > | rain):
> > |
> > | 1. The 7:26 at Hurstville (5:40 Port Kembla - Sydney) arrived at 7:39.
> > | 2. The 7:32 at Hurstville (7:02 Cronulla - Bondi) arrived at 7:36
> > | 3. The 7:39 at Hursvtille (7:06 Waterfall - Bondi) Commenced at ENGADINE
> > | and departed Hursvtille at 7:46
> > | 4. The 7:41 at Hursvtille (6:22 Dapto - Sydney) departed at 7:52 and
> > | stopped at Waterfall and Heathcote
> > | 5. The 7:44 at Hursvtille (Hurstville -Bondi) departed on time but...
> > | 6. The 8:00 & 8:14 at Hurstville (Hurstville - Bondi) trains Terminated
> > | at ARNCLIFFE.
> > |
> > | I can understand 3&4 since there is a scissors crossing somewhere near
> > | Engadine but why were the all stops trains terminating at Arncliffe???
> > | If it was an attempt to get trains back onto time, the only possible
> > | crossing would be just before the entrance into enfield. which is AFTER
> > | Tempe. Why not terminate the trains at Tempe so as passengers can catch
> > | both East Hills trains and Illawarra trains instead of making everyone
> > | cram onto the Illawarra trains. So what happened????
> > |
> > |
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