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Re: Fatality

On 14 Sep 1997, Albert Alcoceba wrote:

> At this time of day, trains have a 2 - 3 minute headway.  Peak traffic flow
> on this section of line is bi-directional (as many people use up and down
> trains during the AM peak).  In the 20 minutes that trains were stopped an
> enourmous backlog would have developed stretching back probably to
> Chatswood on one end and Stanmore on the other.  Delaying trains any
> further would have brought most of the Sydney System to a grinding stop.

But if things were that bad already how much worse could they get in
another 10-15 minutes?  As for the drivers getting a clear view would any
of the passengers be forced to see it also? (I haven't been able to follow
the descriptions of where it occured).

Robs