Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

["Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au>]

> > >One very good reason for the driver to control door release/opening and
> > >closing such as the case on CityTrain trains in Brisbane (also 2
> > >crew/train).
> >
> > Or a very good reason to introduce DOO to Cityrail. When you leave the
> > button pushers task to the driver, what's the button pusher left to do?
>
> Hoy! No swearing here please. You watch the SPADS increase the day they
introduce DOO on Cityrail. With the Driver trying to Drive,
> watch TV screens and signals at the same time, it's a disaster in the
making.

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.

Sam Eades