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What do the little signs at the bus stations mean? You know the ones with the led displays with the time and then the +a1 etc? I think it's displaying train arrival times for connecting services, so that if a train is running a minute or two late then the bus driver knows and may wait a while. Yeah...

What do the little signs at the bus stations mean? You know the ones with the led displays with the time and then the +a1 etc? This confuses me as well... My guess is that the signs operate according to timetable preloaded in their system and assumes the bus follows it to the second. In which case ...

This is not a good week for TransPerth... another train has failed! This time at Mosman Park (to perth)

UPDATE: After the tests today were a success they are reopening the section of track this evening! =D>

Damage is worse than first thought... they now hope to have it repaired on saturday

...Anyway, the air system would be already pressurised and I'd guess usable to apply brakes perfectly fine with no power, they just wouldn't be able to be disengaged again if it ran out of air until power is restored?... Well, that's how it's supposed to work after what happened to cause the Gare d...

From reading one of the articles the train carries a backup generator (I don't know if this is true, it could be backup batteries instead?) I'd say this powers critical systems like the PA/radio etc, the article also mentioned fans still running for a short period of time. I know when you run throu...

We can really only speculate. But remember it was a fully loaded peak hour service, 4 car. Not something that stops quickly. Running at 100-110km/h the reaction time of the driver would have several booms destroyed before he even thinks about applying the brake. Its also possible the first few boom...

My thinking (guessing) is that a line was loose, no longer connected to the pole boom and the line managed to slip under the pantograph. Looking at some designs similar to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StrassenbahnPantograph.jpg I don't see how the cable can get back out easily once trappe...

Now the fremantle and armadale/thornlie lines are delayed due to a "Technical issue"... This has not been a good 24 hours for TransPerth... Apparently the issue with the Fremantle line this morning was a railcar that decided to fail just in or near Fremantle station. They had to haul it o...

Now the fremantle and armadale/thornlie lines are delayed due to a "Technical issue"... This has not been a good 24 hours for TransPerth...

Yeah; thornlie line services are cancelled between Cannington and Thornlie due to a technical issue (Probably points to the spur stuck in the C pattern position...). They're also going to be temporarily changing the stands at Stirling station (They have trains stopped between Whitfords and Stirling,...

From what I'm hearing now the thornlie spur is having issues as well...

The one day I drop the car off at the mechanic and I need the train. Sigh... That's ok, you can use the rail replacement bus services they tend to work well! :smt078 Looks like epic traffic jams tomorrow! I hope they work through the night to fix this little whoopsie. Apparently won't be fixed unti...

Holy crap... sounds like things are getting violent on Platform 11... I just heard someone screaming expletives at someone else in the background of a transmission requesting cameras on platform 11!

EDIT: They just said to disregard it, the POI left the station

The result of whatever happened will not be repaired until friday! I also saw this comment in the perthnow article: "Did anyone else see the big blue flash that seemed to come from Greenwood station area last night at about 9:30pm? It lit up the whole sky and seemed to have a focal point on gro...