Re: No-kiss area for Flinders st Station
Derek Woodlands (kingpin@magna.com.au)
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 09:02:02 GMT
On Mon, 06 Apr 1998 12:38:23 +1200, Dave McL <davemcl@iprolink.co.nz>
took time out from wrapping gaffer tape around gerbils and wrote:
> > I'm waiting for the "No Mugging" areas to be introduced on Sydney
> > platforms. ;-)
>
> Have you seen those in New York? The subway stations have an area
> painted with yellow lines with signs that say "Off hours waiting area"
> where you can wait for your train under the eye of the token booth clerk
> (usually watching via a video camera). These areas are usually in the
> middle of the platforms, which also coincides with the carriages of the
> trains where the little cabs for the "conductors" (we'd call them
> guards) are.
We already have similar in Sydney. The Nightsafe area is marked by
stripes painted on the platform corresponding with the last two
carriages of the train. Hassle is there is little or no surveillance.
> So Sydney's platforms have got like NY since my last visit? <g>
Probably worse. In NYC, vandalism and crime is way down on their
transit system thanks to some tough Government policy. Over here
things are getting worse.
Catchya
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