Re: Connex train splitting

["Paul Hambleton" <P.HambletonREMOVE@bom.gov.au>]

Honest guys - it wasn't an April Fool's joke. I really was talking to Connex
customer service (I hope!) and having the reason for the cancellation of so
many Alamein trains explained. The Connex person said that problems arose
when something went wrong with the splitting procedure. He suggested that
drivers were unwilling to go down onto the tracks to rectify the problem.
I'm only reporting what I was told and I made the original call to Connex at
least a week before April Fool's day. They didn't ring back on April Fool's
day either - it was 3rd April.
Paul Hambleton

"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
908CBBD3FgunzelT333@203.164.20.149">news:908CBBD3FgunzelT333@203.164.20.149...
> ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au (William Pearce) wrote in
> <3ae3daa6$0$25511$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>:
>
> >    Fellow Travellers,
> >    Don't all of the refurb. Connex sets have Scharfenberg (? spelling)
> >auto. couplers, if this is so then there should be no need for anyone to
> >be on the ground when coupling or uncoupling is done as it all should be
> >worked from the cab, that was the point of fitting such couplers.
>
> All Comeng's have Scharfenburg couplers. The original post seems
> suspiciously close to April 1, perhaps it's another April fools joke that
> turned into a rumour (like my 4D one).
>
> Unless of course they plan on dividing and joining Hitachi trains, which
is
> highly unlikely.
>
> MK.
>
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