Re: [Melb] Age story about Connex

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Andrew Box" <boxy@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> > I also heard about an "eight-car" train on 3aw this morning.  Umm, I
dont
> > think
> > that an 8-car Comeng would fit onto most platforms as a 6-car Comeng can
> > barely fit.
> >
> > I really think there motto should be, "Connex, we take you for a ride",
> b/c
> > they cant
> > get basic facts correct.
>
> Who is to say it was Connex nd not The Age who got the facts wrong?

Well if 3AW also got it as 8 cars, maybe Connex did get it wrong. If that
was the case, 3AW and The Age should have double-checked. I mean, anybody
who catches trains more than occasionally knows there are no 8 car trains in
Melbourne, so we couldn't possibly have a refurbished train that had 8 cars.
And The Age's "transport reporter" should definitely know that kind of
thing.


Daniel
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