Re: [Melb.] Hillside Express Shopper Trains

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

On 25 Dec 1999 12:24:49 GMT, cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin
GORDON) wrote:
>And just more trains to set the level crossings at Heatherdale, Mitcham, 
>Rooks, Springvale, Blackburn and Middleborough roads to the wrong
>stopping pattern (ie express/stopper) and it will be only a matter of
>time before there is an accident either by the level crossing not
>protecting the train or staying down too long and someone driving around the
>crossing.


Are you sure that the LC at Mitcham operates this way?  During normal
operation (ie, trains stopping all station in that area) the gates
seem to drop for a down train down long, long before the train arrives
in the platform.  Unlike many other stations where the booms only
begin to come down as the train stops.

JD

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