Re: Questions for the Experts (Sydney)

["Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@ozemail.com.au>]

I can only provide a few answers...

Q1: I think they can.
Q7: I believe his name is Duncan (not 100% sure). He is on the InterCity
trains.


Anita

neety@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety/trains


Greg Cantori <greg@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
news:38df59ac$0$11379@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> This must be one of the most useful newsgroups I've found.
> As a long-time Sydney commuter, there are still many questions
> I'd like to know the answers to, and this is probably the best
> place to ask, as many subscribers here are rail or ex-rail
> employees and are 'in the know'. So here goes:
>
> 1. Can the driver and guard communicate with eachother
>    whenever they want?
> 2. Can the driver of a train communicate with Citirail Operations
>    to advice of problems or to receive advice or instructions?
> 3. If the answer to Q2 is yes, why aren't the drivers or guards
>    instructed to advise passengers of the reasons for delays
>    more often?
> 4. When a train is running, say, 10 minutes late, why can't it be
>    held at a place where other trains behind it can go around it?
>    ie, why does one late train cause every train behind it to be late?
> 5. Along the same lines of reasoning, why can't the Port Kembla train
>    that sits in the Martin Place siding be allowed to leave before
>    a late running train that started from Bondi Junction turns up?
> 6. When a train terminates in the Martin Place siding, how long
>    does it take the driver to walk through the train to the other
>    end? What happens if they find somebody asleep in a carraige?
> 7. Who is the guard with the thick Scottish accent who pronounces
>    Hurstville as "Hust-vill" ?
>
> That'll do for now. I'm sure I'll have more questions later. Thanks
> --
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