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Re: [NSW] Skipping stations - is it a common practice?
It doesn't happen very often. Maybe your train had mechanical problems and
was late to leave the depot it came from. If it was announced then it
shouldn't matter. The decision not to stop would most likely not be made by
the driver, unless it was by accident.
"DTS" <julia@idx.com.au> wrote in message
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| Hi,
|
| I just caught a 13:49 (13/03/2000) East Hills bound (Hornsby 6 car R41)
from
| Central to Kingsgrove - which I think was late as it ran behind the early
| Bankstown line train, who normally runs after the East Hills train. The
| indicator board and the normal recorded announcements at Central said it
was
| stopping at Redfern, Sydenham, Tempe, Turella.........all to East Hills.
|
| But when the train stopped at Sydenham, there was a sudden change of tune
| from the guard and the recorded announcement at Sydenham, then announced
the
| next stop is "Kingsgrove, Riverwood and all stations to East Hills." The
| train then skipped stations from Tempe .........until it reaches
Kingsgrove.
|
| When the train arrived at Kingsgrove, I then asked the guard what was the
| reason for not stopping at Beverly Hills and she said "the train was
running
| late..."
|
| Ironically the recorded announcement at Kingsgrove Station said "next stop
| Beverly Hills, Narwee.....all to East Hills."
|
| I didn't see any trackwork today on the City Circle line but I may be
| wrong..... The other suggestion is special train runs today which I doubt
| it - but I could be wrong again.
|
| I like to know is how often the trains skipped stations (average per
| day/week)? And is it a common practice if the train is running late as I
| heard a lot from the media "bashing" about the trains skipping stations -
| please verify?
|
| Thanks = Cheers.
| --------------------------------------
| Danny Mok
| dan@flex.com.au
| FordGhia's Railway & Transport Page
| http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~phil05
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