Re: [NSW] Turnarounds

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Chris Downs wrote:

> Regardless of proper procedure they use the PA to announce the train
> terminates and returns empty to the siding.  The train is a Tangara and the
> P.A. always seems to work fine and I've never seen anyone being walked back
> to Penrith station from the yard when I've caught a later Mountains service.

The train divides in the yard and comes out with 20 minutes in two parts.

> Surely with P.A. announcements made on both the platform and the train (both
> before and on arrival) risk management suggests that with trains queued
> behind you run straight into the yard and then check to clear the train
> rather than delay hundreds of commuters on the following trains by a further
> 5-10 minutes or so within a couple of km of their destination?

If the train stables in the yard, it is too late when it gets there to check for
people on it.




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