Re: [NSW] CityRail's Ghost Train

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

The latter of course. Hardly have the announcements been useful when they
are controlled manually by the SRA DVA Console. If there are plasma screens
then you'd be better off referring to them. If there are SPI indicators then
you're in luck--the announcements are automated (but out of luck if you have
to change platforms, or the SPI is "out" by a train or two!). If there's
nothing, get out your timetable and read it :-(


"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> From Column 8 in today's Sydney Morning Herald
>
> The Ghost Train. Central station, platform 8. A crowd is waiting for the
> carriages of the 5.30pm Mt Victoria train to arrive. Two announcements are
> made, described by Peter McMahon, of Penrith South: "The first, about
> 5.25pm, advised us that the train now standing at platform 8 was the 5.30
Mt
> Victoria train. 'Passengers should board the train, as it will shortly
> depart.' At 5.29pm, CityRail advised us again that 'This train is now due
to
> depart. All aboard, please.' About 5.33pm the real train arrived and,
> without the help of announcements, passengers managed to board."
>
> My comment:
> What would be the ramifications for CityRail if an intending passenger,
> blind, or blotto, heeded the announcement and marched straight over the
> platform edge?  Sue the pants off them?  Perhaps in defence CityRail could
> plead insanity and that passengers should be used to this level of
> incompetence.
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
>
>