Re: [NSW] Drama @ the Airport Line...

["Scott Beecham" <snoa@dingoblue.net.au>]

Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > > There was a signal failure on the airport line. All trains heading
south
> > > from central were running via sydenham. Passengers were told to change
> > > at Turrela for the airport line. Trains from the south were running as
> > > they were supposed to, some via the airport, some via
sydenham/redfern.
> > > I don't know when the fault occurred, but trains began running both
ways
> > > through the airport by around 2:30.
> >
> > I have been told when there is a signal fault on the Airport Line, the
> > fitters travel by train to the fault, the train then waits until the
fault
> > is cleared, and the fitters then travel out on the same train.
Something
> to
> > do with insufficient clearances in the tunnel for people to work while
> > trains are running.
> >
> > Is this true?
>
> There is a sign at the end of each platform, saying "No Entry" - but it
> seems to be directed to staff, with the additional message that there are
no
> refuges and no train approaching warning lights. So it probably is true.
>
> Dave
>
I've noticed that there is a ladder placed on the walls of the tunnel at
intervals. I imagine this is so that they don't have to put attempt to carry
a ladder on the train. Certainly makes sense to me.