Re: [NSW]Fault Finding

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

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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| On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:37:19 +1000, Marvin The Martian
| <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote:
|
| >Since before the Olympics  there has been train crews doing fault
| >finding at all depots. This involved drivers and guards checking trains
| >before they went into service. It was to reduce delays in the morning
| >peak by finding problems earlier and getting them fixed so the train can
| >still leave on time. This has no stopped as they have phased out the
| >fault finding. Does anybody know the reason?
|
| Reduce the number of crews?   Fault finding is still rostered at
| Cronulla, possibly due to the high number of trains entering service
| with handbrakes applied.

The fault finding crews didn't release handbrakes.