Re: Metronet radios

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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| As a direct result of the Glenbrook Inquiry, Metronet radios are to be
| fitted to the Countrylink fleet. XPTs and Explorers.. There was a
| trial late last year of hand portable metronet radios but they have
| proven to be dangerous in the extreme and wont be used by Countrylink.
| The plan is to fit what is currently in Suburbans and interurbans,
| with the possibility that the radios will be  GPS dependant. The
| choice of these radios is strange because one of the recs from
| Glenbrook was train to train coms. This system in normal working doest
| provide that unless you happen to know the run number of the train you
| wish to speak to.

First time I've heard that was possible.