Re: [Melb] Announcements heard

[Chris Gordon <cmgord@VICSIG.alphalink.com.au>]

> > The other day, coming home on Frankston line:
> >
> > "To the guy in the red shirt in the fourth carriage, WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP
> > BREAKING THE WINDOWS. THOSE WINDOWS ARE WORTH 3 AND A HALF THOUSAND
> DOLLARS
> > *EACH*."
> >
> > <3 second pause>
> >
> > "You know passengers, window vandalism alone costs $800,000 a month in
> > taxpayers money.  Taxpayers pay for the windows, not the private
> companies.
> > The vandal this time is in the red shirt, in the fourth carriage.  I
> suggest
> > everyone in the fourth carriage look at the guy in the red shirt, and you
> > can see what type of people vandalise the trains, and the damage they
> cause
> > that YOU are paying for."
> 
> You what? Since when do vandals smash windows with a carriage full of people
> around them?

I have seen it.
 
> And why would the driver feel this had to be pointed out to the passengers
> in that carriage?

Fun.
 
> And since when do trains on the Frankston line have CCTV cameras (that
> operate)?

They don't.  Only the Refurbished Comeng trains (both Connex and Bayside
soon to be M>Train) have CCTV that the driver can SEE live.

 
> And if they do, since when were they colour?

Refurbished trains CCTV are colour.  (Bayside has 3 per carriage, Connex
are better with 4 per carriage)
 
> Daniel
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/

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