I wasn't specifically referring to the day of the event but to any normal
day. However I did look on the day of this event and Anytrip showed where
all the trains were parked.

Tony P

On Friday, 10 March 2023 at 15:31:46 UTC+11 Matthew Geier wrote:

> On 10/3/23 15:13, TP wrote:

> > Use Anytrip on your phone. You can exactly locate any tram, bus, train

> > or ferry in Greater Sydney, all NSW trains and, progressively all bus

> > services across NSW (dozens of towns already rolled out, more to

> > come). Soon the average transport enthusiast won't need to get out of

> > bed to track all public transport in the state.

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> It was returning accurate but useless information. Another enthusiast

> waiting for the same train I was, reported that anytrip was saying the

> train that was supposedly arriving in 12 minutes was actually held at

> Jannali on it's down trip to Waterfall. (I assume he followed the run

> number back through the system). However the PID on the platform and the

> live departure in the apps was saying 12 minutes for the next 40 minutes

> as it was assuming the train was waiting to depart Waterfall when it was

> in fact stuck at Jannali on the down.

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> Accurate but useless.

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> That was the most frustrating part of this - we as enthusiasts could see

> where all the stuck trains were. We could see the signals just as well

> as the train drivers. If we could see the train locations on our apps on

> our 'devices', Control certainly knew were all the trains were. The

> interlockings were protecting all the trains, yet they were not allowed

> to proceed because the control room couldn't call individual trains on

> the voice network.

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> 'safety' is being used as a cover for a gross overreaction.

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