Re: NSW State Rail...a nightmare that is getting worse

[Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Hmmm bite the hand that feed me, interesting concpet.
Try this stunt: Go to your employer, insult them and put it in public
forum ie the TV news with your name attached.
See what happens.
or:
If you will pay my mortgage and pay me weekly $1,500 I might say
something bad. 
I love the railways they are the best in the world. 

Awaiting your decision.


RGDS



Keith wrote:
> 
> Just follow the company line hey! can't comment who says you can't. Just
> gutless is what I think,  its much easier for you lot to hide behind the
> rules when things get tough.
> Keith
> 
> Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
> 38F03BD0.E3EC89EB@fastlink.com.au">news:38F03BD0.E3EC89EB@fastlink.com.au...
> Yes but we can't comment.
> 
> rgds
> 
> Pete wrote:
> >
> > Im new to this group, and my train expertise only goes as far as being a
> > victim..I mean customer of State Rail in NSW. Things are reaching a
> breaking
> > point in State Rail's network.
> >
> > Im a regular traveller from the Campbelltown area to the city circle, and
> > things cant get much worse.
> >
> > -Late trains are becoming the norm. Cancellations during peak hour seem
> the
> > latest increasing trends.
> >
> > -Filthy trains in the morning. Once had stagnant water swishing around on
> > the floor. The smell of vomit is sometimes present as well.
> >
> > - Forget catching a train on the weekends, if a bus service isnt bad
> > enough....the cancellations will surely break the spirit of even the most
> > optimistic of travellers.
> >
> > - The security guards are keystone cops, and the criminals that travel the
> > system know it. Violent hoodlums rule the system at night, especially on
> > gloomily lit stations that are not attended. Even during the daylight
> hours
> > standing on a Western Suburbs platorm can be a semi-dangerous experience.
> >
> > -Summer, air conditioner on Non-Tangara trains doesnt usually work. Come
> > Winter, its on full blast freeze mode.
> >
> > -Ticket prices are an outrage, and just keep going up. 35 bucks for a
> weekly
> > into the city and rising.
> >
> > -ticketing police that have delusions of power. I once honestly lost my
> > ticket on a journey, only to be rudely slapped with a 100 dollar
> fine..even
> > though I had first walked to the ticket office at my destination and
> offered
> > payment. I explained that for years I had been a honest paying traveller,
> > and here I was with a  lost ticket offering to pay...not good enough.
> >
> > When will this fiasco end? When will the prices stop rising and the
> service
> > stop plummeting? And they wonder why people avoid public transport as much
> > as possible and hit the roads?
> >
> > Does anybody from inside State Rail have an opinion on whats causing the
> > trouble? Lack of funds? Bad management?
> >
> > I remember many years ago in the early 90's things were not this bad.
> >
> > Pete