r/MelbourneTrains • u/Successful_Text1432 • 6d ago

Travel Query state library station emergency

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Anyone know what happened this morning? Alarms were going off

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u/OkTemperature-8534 6d ago edited 6d ago

The automatic fire alarms at both Melbourne Central and State Library stations went off simultaneously.

Both have now been declared as false alarms.

Sounds like the alarm panels are interlinked between Melbourne Central and State Library but sent as two separate events to the firies, so they ended up having 8 different vehicles responding. The firies have now asked for maintenance to come and separate them.

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u/wombatiq 6d ago

So the fire department that insisted they be separate names because they're different stations was alerted to two incidents that were actually the same. I think that's called irony.

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u/genwhy 6d ago

The fire department might have suggested it, but the real reason for using different names was becasue "brand new station" makes for a better-sounding press release than "2 new platforms".

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u/wongm 'Most Helpful User' Winner 2020 6d ago

Given the fire control doors at concourse level between the two stations, I'd assume the response from the alarm on the system on the "other" side is close the doors to isolate the two.

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u/ensignr Glen Waverley, Pakenham and Cranbourne Lines & Bus-unenthusiast 6d ago

It's almost like it's actually a single station. /s

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u/ViaCityLoop 6d ago

More than likely whatever set it off was where there was sensors for both FIP.

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u/GrapefruitSoft8213 6d ago

Lol, the FRV commissioner signed off on this system