The GTCOTS takes continuity of service seriously, so there is always a
tower wagon in the CBD during peak hours.
Mal Rowe - temporarily away from a city that sees replacing light rail with
buses as a last resort
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 10:13 AM Malcolm Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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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