Re: [v] Flinders St station stuff-ups - AGAIN

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

Yes I was.....I was there to photo some trains:-)

Cheers
James



Mick Stock <mzs@nospam.bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> James C wrote:
> >
> > I suspect the story accuracy of that guy...who ever he is.....I was at
> > Flinder street at the same time and I didn't see any problem...
> >
> > Cheers
> > James
> >
> > >
> > > Mick Stock wrote in message <393650F7.C0711C87@nospam.bigpond.com>...
> > > >This is getting way beyond a joke.....
> > > >I challenge ANYONE who works at Hillside to come up with the REAL
> > > >explanation for the following:
> > > >
> > > >Who is responsible for what trains are switched to what platforms at
> > > >FSS?
> > > >
>
> If you are referring to me, then I'm telling you now - the times I
> quoted ARE ACCURATE, and Metrol and Hillside running logs will be able
> to confirm it (assuming they keep logs). In the reply you posted
> initially, you mentioned that things were OK at 4.32pm (which is
> probably accurate), however you never mentioned that you were there at
> 3pm.
>
> Following is a quote from your first reply:
>
> >>From: "James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>
> >><<<MERTOL>>>> is the one govern all the signals, platform entering and
annoucements
> >>
> >>.....And those bloody screen you describe was working when I got there
to
> >>(Flinder street) catch 4:32pm service to Alanmein.
> >>
> >>I don't know what's your problem with Hillside trains, Hillside is
better
> >>then Met or PTC ever been, if you don't like Hillside then try driving
to
> >>work every morning.
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>James
>
>
> Also, in a previous message, you mentioned that I should try driving
> to/from work - I did that for many years, and have no intention of doing
> so again for several reasons.  I have been travelling by train on an
> almost daily basis for nearly 30 years (except for a 5 year period where
> I had to drive to/from work due to lack of rail services at the times I
> started or finished work).  I have also travelled extensively by train
> around most of Aust, probably more than most non-rail-personel in this
> newsgroup.
>
> How often do YOU travel by train, how extensively, and for how many
> years?
>
> It is quite normal for me to travel by train & bus at different times of
> the day, both peak period AND off-peak.  As such, I get to see more of
> the problems than most travellers who only catch particular trains (or
> during a limited time period) DON'T get to see.
>
> I work in a profession which requires that I write reports which are
> 100% accurate - mistakes can be quite expensive, and any messages I post
> here are also entered as accurately as possible.
>
> If other people or rail operators have problems with my criticisms, then
> it is not because they are inaccurate.  If I was just blowing off steam,
> I would be posting a lot more messages. As it is, my message the other
> day was entered several hours after the event, after I'd had time to
> "cool off".
>
> For the record, I know of AT LEAST 6 trains in the last 7 days (as of
> Friday evening) which were running more that 10 mins late, with at least
> 4 of them running 20 mins or more late!
>
> I've already seen the message about last night's problems. I was lucky
> enough to be given a ride to Box Hill, so missed the worst of it.
> However while I was at B.H. station, there were no announcements as to
> why the trains were running 20 mins late (the 19:20 Box Hill to Lilydale
> departed at approx. 19:40).  But of course, I still ended up missing the
> connection to the LAST bus for the night...... third time this week.
>
> Mick.
>
> p.s. I'm currently drafting a letter to Hillside on several matters,
> including the recent rash of late running and lack of information being
> given to passengers. I'll be very interested in what they have to
> say....
>
> p.s. I'm not blaming Hillside for ALL the problems, but they do have a
> service charter to adhere to, and they should at least keep people
> informed on the reasons for delays. I'd rather have to wait an extra 20
> mins for a late train if I know WHY it is late (or why they play
> "musical platforms" at FSS), rather than being kept in the dark, which
> is USUALLY the case. Even just a simple "delay caused by {whatever}" is
> better than nothing!
>
>
> Mick.
>
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