Re: Platform 18, Central Station... When are they gunna get some seats, please?

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

The problem is...WILL the work be finished before September??? They SAY it
will be, at the rate it's going, doubts loom.

It is horrible to have to stand for around half an hour I know...happenes to
me when I'm on the main north line as well...especially after a bit of rain
and the seats are wet.


"Paul McCabe" <@> wrote in message
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> "Nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message
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> > ...and all the other platforms around us had seats and this
> > one USED TO have seats.
>
> Wait until the upgrading work is complete (and before you say it will
never
> be complete, it IS advancing along).  The seating will apparently be like
> the new style on the Sydney Terminal concourse - that is, it has handrails
> in between each seat space to prevent derro's using them as a mattress.
The
> seating was removed to free up all available space as a result of creating
2
> more exits on the platform - this will make passenger flow easier and
lessen
> the "jostling" you experienced.
>
> >And we got pushed and shoved by all the footy fans who were in a hurry
> going to another platform so they gould get to
> > watch a footy game where the home team gave away the game in the first
> five minutes
> > without even so much as blushing in front of reputed 120 thousand
people.
>
> That chip on your shoulder must weigh a tonne....anything else you hate
> about the world, please, post it here!!!
>
> > Central Station sux
>
> and whinging, impossible-to-please passengers don't?  If upgrading work
> wasn't done, it'd be a case of "why don't they do something about this
> station".  When the work is being done, it's a case of "why are they doing
> this?".  When the work is complete, it still won't be good enough,
correct?
>
>