Re: 2 Guards in Sydney?

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

No such thing as a station guard, they are station assistants giving right of
way.

Brendan wrote:

> > On 8 car blue mountians trains there are two guards because most of the
> > platforms are on sharp curves, half of the train can't be seen from the
> > other end
>
> Although not entirely related, during peak times there are also a number of
> station guards. I have seen up to 4 station guards at Central station, all
> of whom would have go give the train guard a clear signal before the guard
> in turn could close the doors.