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Re: CityRail Problems 28/5/99
- Subject: Re: CityRail Problems 28/5/99
- From: Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:04:19 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Optus Internet
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David Johnson wrote:
> harry wrote:
>
> > I was wondering, since when has a train guard got the power to throw people
> > of the train. In the Act it only gives the power to Police as authorised
> > officers. A guard can only open and close the doors which the driver will be
> > doing soon anyway.
>
> Sigh. You are of course, correct. The guard cannot throw someone off the
> train, but when I say in a loud voice "You can either get off the train now, or
> the train will sit here until the police arrive", they usually chose to leave of
> their own accord. Most passengers will also "encourage" them to leave, as they
> want to go home too.
>
> --
> David Johnson
Or in the 'Gong they just use spanners.
:-)
rgds