AW> From: ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997
AW> 08:02:39 GMT
AW> On my way home from work today I was sitting in the seventh car of a
AW> Tangara which was stopped at Central station (on the Illawarra
AW> platforms). Anyway the train departed as usual at a great rate of knots,
AW> only problem the doors of the train were still open. It was not until
AW> the end of the platform before the doors started to close (and yes the
AW> doors were giving the closing beeps) , and until well into the tunnel
AW> before they were fully closed. It gave the two people standing near the
AW> door a great fright as I am sure that they both nearly fell out of the
AW> train. What ever happened to the door interlocks that prevent the train
AW> from taking off with the doors open. (BTW the set was T24)
The S.R.A. had such interlocks on one train in the 1940s ; based at Flemington depot. It caused too many delays , so the interlocks were soon disconnected. Since then they havn't put them in any more trains.
Jeff Lockwood