Re: ARTC Vic Train Control

[Neil Waller <nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au>]

David Bromage wrote:
> 

> 
> It seems extremely stupid for an Altona oil trip train to have to call
> Adelaide for permission to work from Tottenham to Newport!
> 

Why does it matter where train control is provided there is only one?

There are only a couple of Air Traffic Control Points in Australia
(plus some local approach/ground/departure).

The argument for this is efficiency; the major argument against it
is lack of local knowledge (eg flying into Kingscote with the local
airline some years ago:  Local pilot to pilot of another aircraft
in vicinity:  "I am over the racecourse", Other pilot to local
pilot: "I am 3 miles north of runway 19" - one is absolute the
other relative).


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