After reading a lot of articles about the mess re tvms, I wonder why no-
one had the idea to put signs on each tram that indicate whether the tram
has a roving or a seating conductor, or is a driver-only tram, or even is
fitted with a tvm. What makes me even more wonder is a picture on page 18
in the book "Destination City." On that picture, a A-class tram carries a
sign "Enter by any door." The caption includes the résumé "The wording
'enter by any door' below the driver's window was an experiment which was
not repeated."
Does anybody know, why not? I know the problem at which door to get on
from Central Europe, and in the German speaking world, a sign indicating
"schaffnerlos" (David, your favourite German word, AFAIK ;-) which means
"without conductor" (i. e., "enter by any door"). The "Badner Bahn", an
interurban which used conductors at certain hours even had a sign with a
light switch to make it more flexibly usable.
I don't think that it's a great effort to put such signs at each Melbourne
tram, and I think that it would make great sense. Or did I overlook
something which could prevent the authorities to use such signs?
Greetings from Wien/Vienna, Österreich/Austria, Wolfgang
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