Re: City Circle 'W' s back in service.

["Johann Fan" <jfan@bigpondnospamhaha.net.au>]

"William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>     Fellow Travellers,
>     Thanks for the comments about mag. track brakes, I know that they have
> been around for a long time, but I'm still interested in finding out if
> anyone else has had experience of their actual use in traffic and any
> effects that they have had on passengers. Surely, someone here in Melb.
has
> been on a Z, an A or a B when these brakes have been used!

I've been on a B2 that has had a collision with a taxi (tram was coming out
of Bourke St Mall on Elizabeth St). There wasn't much, just what seemed like
a smooth but heavy braking, so not sure if Mag brakes were used there..

On Swanston St you get drivers coming down from Melb Uni to Victoria St
locking their brakes, this is more a violent jolt. Many people get thrown
forward but not too serious, its usually at the last moment when they
realise that they won't be able to stop in time...

cheers
Johann

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> "Vaughan Williams" <ender2000@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
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> > >So now that they're limited to <25km/h, its going to be a long ride in
a
> > >tram that's stuck behind it! Can only see the operators justifying
delays
> > >when the normal Ws are back in service... guess it will be longer
journey
> > >times for 8/12/16 passengers if they ever come back.
> >
> > The minister's people swore blind to me at the launch that they were
doing
> > the
> > lot - all the route trams as well as the cc. For what thats worth...
> > personally I'll believe it when I see it.
> >
> > Its 30, not 25.
> >
> > Vaughan
> >
> > Vaughan Williams
> > Secretary
> > Public Transport Users Association
> > 247 Flinders Lane
> > Melbourne 3000
> > http://www.ptua.org.au
> >
>
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