Re: guard/driver training (was: "Olympic Sprint Platform - Lidcombe")

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

C. Dewick wrote:

> In <37382655.6329C5C@fastlink.com.au> Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au> writes:
>
> >> Have you seen the Sydney System?
>
> >Just what i was about to say.
> >Sydney isn't like your tin pot Victorian train set you were used to when
> >you lived in Australia.
> >The trains are longer.
>
> Up to 8 cars - no other rail system in Australia runs 8 car twin-deck
> trains. Except for Melbourne's Tangara clone, all other systems are
> single-deck trains in two or 3 car set configurations.
>
> >Platforms are longer and curved
>
> Most platforms accomodate an 8-car set, and others are longer still. Some
> platforms are grossly curved (such as Waverton and Wollstonecraft on the
> North Shore line), and others don't curve much, but there's so much physical
> infrastructure that you can't see all the way along without getting off the
> train and going for a short walk.
>
> >and the passengers are more stupid.
>
> Not all of them, but because of the higher population, bigger socio-economic
> mix, etc. etc. etc we get a much higher proportion of troublesome passengers
> than other systems do.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.

Also sometimes in a fit of stupidity they try dreaming up 10 car trains.