Re: Boo Hiss to Hillside

[David Guymer <davidmg@optusnet.com.au>]

Railvic wrote:

> Vaughan Williams wrote:
>
> > [snip]
> >
> > Well, some buses probably should be kept in reserve for just such a
> > situation! It happens from time to time - a suicide on the tracks or
> > whatever.
>
> Ask bus companies in this regard!
>
> > And why wasn't this guy, with a connecting train to catch and little
> > else in the way of other options, put on the first available bus?
> > Surely it doesn't take that long for a single bus to materialise?
>
> As Sam has mentioned earlier that when train disruption happened during
> peak, it is vertually impossible to get a bus or two within an hour as they
> will be making their regular runs.  Let me assure you that station staff
> would have done their best to obtain buses - often by ringing all the bus
> companies in the area.
>
> > Why couldn't some of the trains be run on the down line? That would
> > create chaos for the down trains which would be disrupted but at least
> > the passengers can be moved, and the inconvenience is shared around.
>
> Vaughan, I assume you're talking about up trains running on the down line
> during this disruption.  If this is so, then obviously you don't know how
> railways institute "single line working with pilot person".  Besides, the
> fire at Nunawading happened on a short stretch of grass land between up line
> and private property back fence.  When you have fire trucks and emergency
> workers on the line, you wouldn't want to run any train through that
> section.
>
> Railvic

Besides which the Fire Brigade will not turn their hose anywhere near the
overhead until they have official notification that the power is turned off.
David G.