Re: Illawarra Meltdown 8/3/00

["Mitch" <this.is.not.my@mail.bigmailbox.com>]

People will be people :)

I've found when rain comes in at 45º angles, people will stand OUT of the
rain for waits more than 2 minutes. ie. closer to the other side of the
platform. Then when the train comes, the people aim for 2 doors, with some
people running, in rain, to get to "wet" doors, and others with umbrellas
strolling to the closest "free" door.

This is especially noticeable @ peak hour, on delayed trains and on trains
that are very spaced [ie. 15 or more minutes apart in peak hour]


"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
38C7AB6E.E59873A4@ozemail.com.au">news:38C7AB6E.E59873A4@ozemail.com.au...
| Ben wrote:
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| > They shouldn't need to use umbrellas if there is adequate cover on the
| > platform
|
| They still do.
|
| When there is only a short length of cover, they all get in one set of
doors.
| When the cover goes for a fair distance they often spread out, and use
their
| umbrellas to travel the two metres in the rain to the train.
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| David Johnson
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