Re: Lidcombe platform staff.

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

David Bradshaw wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> While waiting at Lidcombe station today (platform four - a curved
> platform), a staff member on the platform would publically inform the
> guard (from a short distance) that there was "no right-away" and
> state "you're on your own" as each guard waited for a signal. This lead
> to slight delays in the trains leaving the station.
>
> Is there any reason for the station staff declining to signal the guard?

There was apparently an industrial dispute, and they were not giving
right-of-ways or making announcements.

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David Johnson
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