Re: What Happens to Aussie trains when the Time Changes?

[Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au>]

Cant wait to find out how they accommodate the clocks going forward!!!

>:~)) Richard

"Thomas P. Grommell" wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> At 2am one Sunday each November, most American communities turn their clocks
> back one hour from " daylight savings time" to " standard time". Do not know
> if you have such a time change in Australia, but assuming that you do, I
> have a question.
> 
> Amtrak, the US rail system, has an interesting practice when this takes
> place. They accomodate the change by stopping the train for one hour....and
> then resuming the trip when the hour has passed, and they are back on the
> normal schedule.
> 
> If I were a passenger on one of these trains, I would be furious at what
> seems like a foolish and avoidable delay....but some people think the policy
> makes sense....would like to know: what do the trains in Australia do when
> the
> time changes?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom from Brooklyn, New York