Re: Olympic Loop

[keithm@happy.dca.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

In article <883538968.911885@fermi.dialix.com.au> dab@sydney.dialix.com.au (David Bradshaw) writes:
>From: dab@sydney.dialix.com.au (David Bradshaw)
>Subject: Re: Olympic Loop
>Date: 31 Dec 1997 03:29:29 GMT

>Adam Joyce (NoSpam_adamj@senet.com.au) wrote:
>: Alternatively why not have a guard on each platform permanently. Once doors
>: on both sides of the train are closed, the guards signal to the driver that
>: there is no obstruction and that he/she may depart. No one would therefore
>: get dragged along the platform

>Yeah, have an assistant guard (or guard's assistant if you like) 
>on Olympic trains, who tells the guard that his side is clear, such that 
>the guard will know when to signal the driver that both sides are clear.

>David Bradshaw
> 

Whats wrong with  the driver watching his side and the guard the other. They 
use bell signals for right away any way dont they?, o the driver doesn't have 
to be on the same side as the guard

David Malcolm