Re: [NSW] Sydney transport woes???

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

sorry 10c/km. school's stopped, so i stop thinking.


"Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message 38f66df0$0$27524@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:38f66df0$0$27524@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> After my experience today I am a firm believer that Sydney's transport is perhaps much better than
> what the press calls it to be.
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> My travels today started from home (Burwood). Had to go to West Ryde to get some books, then to
City
> to get more books.
>
> Here's the "log" of today:
>
> 8.15 out of the house
> arrived at station 8.25
> train for Hornsby scheduled for 8.27, according to SPI, was 1 min "late" (arrived 8.28).
> train does not stop at stations between Strathfield and south of Parramatta River, arrived West
Ryde
> 12min after boarding (around 8.40)
> book bought, walked to 520 bus stop at 8.50. Bus scheduled for 9.01
> Merc Benz O405N arrived at 9.06, whilst during the 15 min wait for the bus there weren't any
trains
> departing for the city so far as i observed.
> Bus sped along T3 lane on Victoria Road, experienced the biggest joyride on a bus in my whole
> life...all the lights were somehow green! Some people on intermediate stops were annoyed about the
> bus not stopping, as Dave Proctor noticed on his travels on 520 previously
> Bus exited Western Distributor-Anzac Bridge Freeway at 9.40 (seriously though, West Ryde to City
on
> a relatively fast train would still take 25-30min.) Got off at Town Hall.
> The last transaction of the day complete. Began walking to Wynyard Station from Dymocks City
> Superstore.
> Slow Penrith via Olympic Park arrived spot on time
> Arrived Burwood at 10.25, according to SPI, 1 min "late" (due to South Line via Fairfield train
> holding the Penrith train at Ashfield)
>
> So in 2 hrs I managed to go from Burwood to West Ryde (12 min)
> West Ryde to City (35 min)   <-- presents serious competition even to a train running fast on the
> Main North from Meadowbank to Strathfield
> City to Burwood (15 min)
>
> Don't think it can be done by car. And since I'm still eligible for child's rate of fare, here's
the
> fares I paid...
>
> Burwood & West Ryde return $2.20 (peak return child ticket, not that I needed the return journey)
> West Ryde to City on 4 dips of Blue travelten ($1.88, to exact amount)
> Wynyard to Burwood $1.30
>
> Total of around $5.40, for travelling 50km around Sydney, or about 50c/km (double the fare the
> adult)
>
> So I guess most whingers are basically UNLUCKY when they get dirty/late/cancelled trains. Myself
> being a whinger about trains at times, found nothing to whinge about today at all, but rather more
> to compliment CityRail and State Transit.
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