Re: Railway weekly notices

[paulwatts@xoptushome.com.au (paul)]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:13:43 +1000, "Tezza"
<tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>"paul" <paulwatts@xoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
>3acc17ec.3531277@news">news:3acc17ec.3531277@news...
>| On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:33:39 +1000, Marvin The Martian
>| <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote:
>|
>| >STN's are produced by the thousands and read by dozens. At places like
>Liverpool,
>| >Campbelltown, Mortdale etc they get STN's relating to work bieng done
>where none
>| >of the crew there go eg. Newcastle
>| >
>| Dispatch sends numerous copies of every STN to these depot stations,
>| whwre the vast majority go unread. It isn't despatch's job to decde
>| who needs what, so everyone gets everyting. I worked at Blacktown for
>| years and every couple of weeks on backshift we'd fill up two or more
>| wheelie bins with out of date STN's. No doubt this is still happening.
>| Some of them are 400 pages in size. They are an environmental as well
>| as a financial nightmare.
>|
>| I have long held (and suggested) that the Wide Area network ought to
>| be made operational at depots and stations and relevant timetable
>| information for relevant trains printed out on request of train crews.
>| Surely this would be a huge cost saving as well as environmentally
>| advantageous.
>
>
>Then of course, 20 Drivers and guards signing on within 30 minutes of each
>other will want a copy of that 400 page STN.
>
>
Good job for the guy on backshift. Most of them only need one or two
of the 400 anyway- if the software was designed right you could print
out a certain run or runs, or do it from a code on the altered working
that's already sent out- something like that.

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