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Re: Let's Go Adventuring with CityRail



David & Julie Donald wrote:

>  Information was filtering through that there were problems in the
> Lidcombe - Granville - Parramatta area, allegedly associated with a
> mid-afternoon storm; one on-train announcement indicated that there had been a
> lightening strike on Granville Signal Box.

That was the primary cause.   Illawarra line trains were screwed around by a lack of
crew relief.  One train sat on Platform 25 for 20 minutes waiting for a relief
driver.  When the relief turned up, he was assaulted by a passenger resulting in
even more delays.


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David Johnson
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