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

[Joel Cooper <joel@abilitycorp.com.au>]

Ok, I can't honestly believe that people are sticking up for this
"shity"rail. I mean when most companies become slack, people stop using
them. But with city rail you have no alternative. And cityrail know this.
They know that no matter how slack they get, people will still catch trains
because they have to get to work. But rest assured people, if something
isn't done soon these guys are likely to kill some of us. It seems like rail
incidents are happening all the time now. Derailments are becoming the norm.
Signal failures everywhere.

So now I pay more per week in fares too. Ok so a car is more expensive, but
a car gets me there on time and I can get up an hour later. I also have
faith in my driving ability and feel pretty sure that i won't end up going
up the rear end of an Indian Pacific!

People have been saying that staff are good but there isn't enough of them.
Well what about the guy behind the ticket booth (he knows who he is on the
Central Coast line) who doesn't serve you until he is finished with his
mobile phone. Usually you miss a train as a result. And the guy who when I
saw that the trains were all over the place and asked him "are the trains
running behind schedule" I got told in a smart alec tone "just a bit"! It
turned out it was another derailment. Station staff said "technical
problems".

And every train is much dirtier than in the past. We used to have a world
class rail system that I loved and was proud of. Now I'm ashamed and hate
shityrail.

Flame me if you have to, but at least I'm not sucking up to them.

Joel

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> Michael Kurkowski wrote:
> 
>> I don't call that filth even. I normally buy the paper, and when I've
>> finished reading it, I leave it on the train for someone else to read
>> (which also means, not flinging it in the air and watching it fall to
>> bits). It works well, because when I don't have the chance to buy the
>> paper, I usually find at least one readable paper within the confines of a
>> 3 car set.
>> * On the rare occasion that I buy the Terrorgraph, I NEVER leave it on the
>> train.
>> I take all of my rubbish with me and promptly throw it in the bin as soon as
>> I get off then train. :)
>> 
>> And then take into account the wear and tear on a car, and other costs
>> associated with running it. Registration, insurance, service, crash
>> repairs. Adds up rather quickly. Perhaps some willing being here would like
>> to calculate the full cost of running a car in 12 months, for your average
>> Joe Blow travelling from your average suburb to the average workplace, then
>> compare to train/bus/ferry/tram/bike/foot/rollerblade/horse/ufo (:
>> * A yearly ticket from Penrith to the City costs $1561.00 Accoridng to
>> http://www.cityrail.nsw.gov.au/fares/faresframe.htm   Certainly much cheaper
>> than a car!
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