Re: Sunday Terrorgraph article 30/4 (NSW) - Classical Music on stations

[Dan <fordghia@my-deja.com>]

In article <390c19c1$1@news.iprimus.com.au>,
  "Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman_RESPECT_MY_AUTHORITAH@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I read an article in both Sydney papers on 30/4 (very large with
teenage
> girls pictured at Parramatta - why? in the Sunday Terrorgraph, one or
two
> paragraphs in the Cloudy Boring Herald) about the recent trial of
playing
> classical music at some CityRail stations (Richmond, Parramatta,
Blacktown,
> Penrith and Emu Plains) to keep ppl from hanging around (and if a
gunzel
> likes classical, he she will stay forever).
>
> The Sunday Terrorgraph article basically said that the trial was
successful
> and other carriers were thinking of looking at it plus wider use in
CityRail
> (trains and stations) and vandalism was reduced at some stations and
wiped
> out at others.
>
> My question is - have any ausrailers actually been at a station while
this
> music was playing? I know I had never heard it at Penrith.

Channel 9 News - Sun 30th April (yesterday), reported the trial of
playing classical music at Parramatta. The idea is not new - it was
trailed at Kogarah town centre (near Kogarah railway station) some time
ago - (I think last year) and it had some success in moving young
people away from the area. In my opinion it is better than playing
alternate (rock) music...which drives most people away...

But I wonder if they will trial it next by playing alternate (rock)
music to see if the effect is opposite???

Cheers.
--------------------------
Danny Mok
fordghia@ozemail.com.au


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