Re: (NSW) How good are our trains?

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

I bet you there are secret "deals" done by every single government of this
country--commonwealth, state and local with the car manufacturers and fuel
suppliers.

This is no doubt a conspiracy! Public transport is a non-profitable business
in monetary terms and sellings cars + petrol is.

<chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
38A13841.2FBB1490@enet21.com.au">news:38A13841.2FBB1490@enet21.com.au...
> Yes, I agree but it doesn't mean that we should not modernise ours. I
believe
> there were plans to improve the air quality on Sydney underground
stations -
> what happened to them? Put through the departmental paper shredder?
>
> Chris
>
> Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> > chris@enet21.com.au wrote in message
<38A13275.804B0F1C@enet21.com.au>...
> > >Singapore fares are roughly the same as ours but they get air
conditioned
> > >underground platforms. Any plans for ours?
> >
> > There system (MRT) is also a hell of a lot newer than our system, and
their
> > population is a lot denser (in terms of population density, not in brain
> > skills!) There are other factors at play in SIN, such as the restricted
> > traffic in the inner city area, and the relatively small land mass of
the
> > country - all of which contributes to much higher ridership. This is
evident
> > from the design of the trains - not much seating and heaps of standing
room.
> >
> > Dave
>