Re: Connex train splitting

[Michael Hendy <spam.sucks@bigpond.com>]

Roderick Smith wrote:

> 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.

Some Central Coast services do that in the mornings here in Sydney, they 
split at leat one 8 car V set at Gosford with the first 4 cars being 
limited stops to Newcastle, and the rear 4 cars being all stations.