On 29/12/2011 13:10, EE507 wrote:
On Dec 29, 12:15 pm, Oliver wrote:
wrote:
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:21:23 +0100
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Subject: Single point of failure in the Berlin Train System

The Berlin light rail train system, plagued by problems for years,
demonstrated today that it can, indeed get worse. Many cars have been
taken out of service for all sorts of ailments, and having pruned the
maintenance shops and the drivers to a bare minimum, there is no room
for dealing with problems. And there have been problems galore.

The Berlin S-Bahn getting "pruned" a little bit concerning staff still
needs significantly more staff per passenger kilometre, passenger carried,
train or seat kilometres or network length offered than any other S-Bahn
system in Germany.

Why do they still use platform dispatchers? Why not use the signalling
system to regulate trains?

The signals refer to the ROW only.

Platform dispatchers on the Berlin S-Bahn exist to spot the platform and
make sure that the doors are closed, that nobody is caught in train
doors and to signal the train to depart. We have the exact same system
here in London.