No there won't. If these kind of systems work perfectly fine in
Germany, and have done for the last decade or so, then they'll work
here. Australian drivers need to adapt to drive on a modern system, not
a heritage tramway.
Conservatism in our transportation planning is holding us back.
On Sat, 2019-05-11 at 23:19 +1000, Mick Duncan wrote:
> Gday Richard, All

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> When run nos change points,there will be prangs and derailments

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> as some moderm drivers cant be trusted to look at the blades

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> Cheers, Mick, glad he had eyes and a bar

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> On 11/05/2019 7:16 am, 'Richard Youl'

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> > I understand your question Mick which I only pondered a few

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> > Obviously they are not ‘Automatic’ when drivers have to

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> > Perhaps the title of ‘Powered Points’ would be more accurate,

> > but decades ago when they were first introduced I expect

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> > Automatic sounded more exciting. And old habits die hard.

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> > The ‘new’ technology (new to Melbourne, decades old in some

> > places) about to be installed in Melbourne where the tram’s

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> > number changes the points automatically will finally be

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> > Automatic Points.

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> > Richard

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