Re: guard/driver training

[Mr Simpson <mdoyle@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Yuri J Sos/Melbourne wrote:

> It does happen in Melbourne.  For example, the up platform at
> Footscray on the Newport line has four cameras.  The four monitors are
> in large box about 10 foot off the ground, the screens being protected
> by a roller shutter that only raises as a train comes into the
> platform, and closes as soon as the train departs.  As the roller
> shutter rises the monitors flicker into life, so they don't run all
> the time either, which I imagine would make for a longer life.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Yuri

i'm sure all that frequent switching on and off wouldn't help them
either;)

Homer