Recently I undertook to contact CityRail regarding the provision of audioloops on some trains. After a pathetic response from CityRail which amounted to "Have a look at the website" I then caught several trains, Burwood - Epping - Hornsby - Central
For more information about RailCorp fleet go to http://www.cityrail.info/about/fleet/
The newer Oscar and Millennium [Waratah coming] trains are the audiolooped trainsets
The Epping - Hornsby train did indeed have the loop and it worked quite well. Announcements on the platform were well, hopeless. And I do understand that manned ticket offices may also be looped.
So further to all that I discovered that there is a booklet called "access, accessing CityRail, Your guide to accessible services", some of the contents of which are available on various webpages starting at
http://www.cityrail.info/travelling_with/accessible_services/
but the booklet has all the info in one little booklet. There will be a few copies available at BHA HQ from Monday May24
JC
Comments anyone?
For more information about RailCorp fleet go to http://www.cityrail.info/about/fleet/
The newer Oscar and Millennium [Waratah coming] trains are the audiolooped trainsets
The Epping - Hornsby train did indeed have the loop and it worked quite well. Announcements on the platform were well, hopeless. And I do understand that manned ticket offices may also be looped.
So further to all that I discovered that there is a booklet called "access, accessing CityRail, Your guide to accessible services", some of the contents of which are available on various webpages starting at
http://www.cityrail.info/travelling_with/accessible_services/
but the booklet has all the info in one little booklet. There will be a few copies available at BHA HQ from Monday May24
JC
Comments anyone?