Five and a half hours to fix a broken span wire!
Mal Rowe - shaking head in disbelief.
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 10:03 AM Matthew Geier matthew@...>
wrote:
> I've been sent a photo of the failed bit of overhead - not at liberty to
> repost so don't ask.
>
> Looks like a piece of parafil or it's attachment gave way resulting in a
> dropper arm hanging below the contact wire in the Chinatown area.
>
> Had the failure not been noticed it could have easily ripped a pantograph
> off making the incident much more complex.
>
> After they started turning back cars at Central Chalmers, apparently one
> of the points at Central decided to die adding to their challenges.
>
> Points failures are happening so often there is a 'points reliability
> enhancement' project underway. Seems the mechanisms are too easily clogged
> up with dirt and sand.
>
>
> The Panania incident ripped off a pantograph AND a hatch cover. Not clear
> what order it happened, but they managed to pull down the catenary as well
> as the contact wire.
>
> As passengers couldn't be trusted not to 'self evacuate' into a space that
> had potentially live wires in reach, the passengers had to wait over an
> hour in a train with no ventilation, non openable windows and closed doors,
> till overhead crews could 'safe isolate' the accident site.
>
> It took them most of Saturday to repair the damage.
>
>
> On 12/3/23 10:09, Greg Sutherland wrote:
>
>
>
> https://vervetimes.com/sydney-light-rail-outage-overhead-wiring-issues-cause-commuter-chaos-in-sydney/
>
> L2/L3 CBD and South East Lines between Central and Circular Quay closed
> for 5 hours 30!
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