Re: Sydney Rail strike tomorrow

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Bill McNiven wrote:

> There are reasonably detailed stories at
> http://abc.net.au/news/state/nsw/metnsw-23sep1999-18.htm
> http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/9909/23/A19562-1999Sep23.shtml
>
> In brief, Cityrail expects to run 60% of services.  ASU expects 30%.  I
> *guess* from an earlier posting that East Hills, Glenfield and Cronulla are
> places where station staff operate signals.  I *guess* that, while Waterfall
> was mentioned in the earlier post, it's possible to extend Waterfall trains
> to Helensburgh where the Wollongong signaller can terminate them.

No.  The Station Staff at Waterfall are mostly RTBU.  There is only one ASU
member at Waterfall, and he is rostered from 22:00 to 06:00, so, there will be
no trains through Waterfall between 22:00 and 00:00.

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David Johnson
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