Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Samuel Eades"
> > > I'm sure a lot of Victorian drivers thought the same thing just before
> DOO was introduced in Victoria. Personally, I like the idea of having a
> guard on the train, but a lot of them are their own worst enemy. A lot of them
> (yes, I know there are quite a few good ones) are lazy or incompetent, or just
> > > slip up sometimes (as indicated in this post.
> > > Talking to the Victorian spark drivers, they think that getting rid of
> the guards is one of the best things that has happened to them.
> >
> > I've been told that Melbourne trains aren't as long and that the platforms
> are straight. Do you use in cab CCTV?
>
> CCTV for the carriages or platform?

The platform.

> The new "Connex Comeng" has CCTV for the
> carriages, but none of the other services have them. On all curved platforms
> (except Greensbrorough - where I work, where we still give the driver a
> "tip"),

tip???


>there are CCTV monitors at the end of the platform for the driver to
> see the whole train on (Some platforms are very sharply curved, such as West
> Richmond and Westgarth).

And they don't get vandalised?


 I don't know about our trains being shorter, but I
> suppose they would be, being up to 7 cars as opposed to your 8. The full
> length for a 7 car train is just under 160m.
>
> Sam
>
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