Re: [Melb.] Hillside Express Shopper Trains

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

: >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.

Sorry the level crossing at Mitcham Road has no stopper/express selection
and will lower in time as if the train was running express.  This is
weird since the station is very close to the level crossing, timing
through Nunawading would work since an express will run non-stop through
Nunawading since the auto protecting the next level crossing is at the 
top of the hill.

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