Re: Signals that tell you not to stop?

["TurnTableTed" <thatsmyturnnowurturn@it>]

"William Ivery" <willivery@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Sounds to me like another cityrail driver stuff up
>
>
> "Brendan" <nadnerb_2000@nospam.start.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Yesterday evening travelling from Central to Strathfield on CityRail, we
> > bypassed the scheduled stop of Ashfield. The train had slowed down to
> about
> > 40 k's on the approah, but then seemingly the brakes went off, the
> throttle
> > was put in top notch and we roared through. This of course, aggravated
> > commuters who had only seconds before been told that there would be a
stop
> > there, only to have to change at Croydon (which was not a scheduled
stop).
> >
> > The guard announced about 60 secs after passing ashfield that the error
> was
> > due to a signal problem.
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a signaling situation that would do that? Or, is it
the
> > case, as is my suspicion, that "signal failure" is CityRailish for "the
> > driver stuffed up"?
> >
> > Brendan
> >
> >
>
Ever hit a wrong kezzzzzzz
 or
Felt releived when you saw the sign that said,
"5 kms from home"
 or
Your driver experienced a signal irregularity
and had been distracted, unfortunately for Ashfield.
 finally
David Mayall was a passenger  on the platform at Ashfield !!!
see ya round