Re: DOO In Sydney?

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Exnarc <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Bill Bolton wrote:
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> > > What happens when the same thing happens when the guard is looking at
> > > the "other" 4 cars?
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>  Why is he in the centre of the train anyway???
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> Common sence would suggest that if the Driver is at the Front the guard
> should be at the rear!!!

Either way, some passengers are going to be 4 car lengths from a crew
member.

The guard is also in the middle of 6-car trains in Brisbane. It gives better
sighting on curved platforms - s/he only has to look 4 car lengths around
the curve, instead of 8.

> > The guard can hear, TV cameras can't.
> >
> > If someone is caught they yell out/scream.
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> > The guard can act instantly.
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> > rgds
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> So what, its not a matter of what you hear, its what you see.
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> When it's all boiled too down, a picture says a thousand words!!!!

One thing that has not been pointed out in this thread so far (or if it has,
it has not appeared on my server yet) is the requirement for audible opening
and closing alerts. I believe it was a requirement in Melbourne?

Given the very large fleet in Sydney, it will take a very long time for them
to do all of it.

I think they will balk at the the cost, and decide to only do Tangarbages,
with DOO in off-peak periods only, and during the day on weekdays.

Weekends, and evenings, when just about all trains are 4 cars, would be
Tangara only.

DaveP