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

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

HXP1 wrote:
> 
> Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3928EF00.41295649@yahoo.com...
> 
> > 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?

Yeah, there aren't any refuges for workers, unlike on the city circle.
Are there on the ESR?