Re: Hornsby Yard Failure

["Jane Campbell" <janecampbell@optusnet.com.au>]

Platform staff at Hornsby don't play announcements ....the SPI operator in
the box does....

Rgds



Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> laughing <laughing@the.rac.invalid> wrote in message
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> > After all the propoganda about the fantastic new signalling system at >
> Hornsby Yard there has just been a rather comprehensive failure of the new
> signals and points.
> >
> Yes the new signalling system failed its first test.  In the morning, my
> train from north of Hornsby crawled from Mt Colah to Hornsby and finally
> left Hornsby down the North Shore 20 minutes late.  In the evening trains
> were totally mixed up.  My train left North Sydney 10 minutes late and
left
> Hornsby for Berowra 15 minutes  late.
>
> The resignalling and alterations to Hornsby have taken about a year so
far -
> you would think with all that time the railways could plan for a smooth
> changeover.
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