Re: Changes in Melbourne

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Another solution would be to run six-car trains splitting at Ringwood. 
This is what Scharfenburg couplers were designed to make easy.  Try
visiting Netherlands to see effective and efficient use of this technique.

Passengers would be more inclined to change trains if Melbourne stations
were designed for cross-platform interchange.  Box Hill, Blackburn and
Ringwood would all benefit from having three tracks served by two island
platforms (ie the centre track has platform faces on each side).  This is
common practice overseas, and there were two examples in Adelaide.  At
least the current government has stopped used the phrase 'World best
pracice', something which has not been adopted in any phase of our
operations.

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor