Re: Railways and the Millennium Bug
mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 17:10:28 -0600
In article <01bd7307$1e85ea60$694c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au>,
"David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote:
>
>
> On the stroke of midnight on 31 December 1999 what is likely to happen? If
> you travel on a diesel hauled train, what is the guarantee that the engine
> won't shut down and you'll be stuck in the middle of nowhere. Or if you're
> on an electric train that the power cuts off? You bought your ticket
> before getting on the train, but the barriers refuse to budge, thinking
> your ticket is over 100 years old. All the signals go red (hopefully
> they'll do this rather all go green). and everything grinds to a stop. Am
> I being a pessimist or realist - are our railway systems run on chance or
> has some-one done a proper study of these things?
>
>
It seems that Countrylink. V-Line and GSR are all replacing their CRS
(Computer Reservation Systems) with new systems prior to 01 Jun 99 -
when bookings commenece for 2000 - so things may not be as
black as you think - except that GSR is adapting a different system to
NSW & Vic - so much for uniformity!
It may even be possible for travel agents to book direct and.
eventually, Internet access.
Tony Bailey
mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
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