Re: Connex train splitting

[Railvic <railvic@iprimus.com.au>]

Don't forget we have some customers who ignore announcements, but very
quick to complaint when thing don't go their way!!  When dividing
suburban trains, it is a good idea to detrain customers, so there is no
confusion as to which set goes which way.  Otherwise we may have
customers sitting in the set that goes to Lilydale when they are going
to Belgrave or vice versa.

Railvic

Sam Eades wrote:
> 
> "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in message
> 01c0bcd5$476aa040$ac8417d2@rodsmith">news:01c0bcd5$476aa040$ac8417d2@rodsmith...
> > There is also the problem of booting the customers out while it is done.
> I
> > contacted the company, and was told that there is an Australian standard
> > requiring this: something which I doubt.
> > Many countries split and combine emus regularly with passengers aboard (eg
> > Netherlands); even paranoic USA and UK have trains combining and splitting
> > with passengers aboard.
> 
> Hmmmm. Australian standard my foot!!! On the Ballarat line, Sprinters are
> divided with passengers on board at Bacchus Marsh.
> 
> Sam