Re: Illawarra Meltdown 8/3/00

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com>]

Even worse... on the carlingford line, or at casula, or south coast, or any
other station with rediculous station waits....  :-) !

Mitch <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in article
<jOjy4.44563$3b6.193590@ozemail.com.au>...
> *laughs*
> 
> Aim for the dry doors...
> ...or aim for the guard
> 
> 12 minutes is nothing... 30 minutes is the delay where you really get pissed
> off when you miss a train.
> 
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> "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
> message 01bf8a70$d75b0520$f367868b@tfboles">news:01bf8a70$d75b0520$f367868b@tfboles...
> | Severl times have I been a victim of the guard closing the door on me,
> when
> | running for a wet door, and then having to wait 12 minutes for another
> | train!
> |
> | > I've found when rain comes in at 45º angles, people will stand OUT of
> the
> | > rain for waits more than 2 minutes. ie. closer to the other side of the
> | > platform. Then when the train comes, the people aim for 2 doors, with
> | some
> | > people running, in rain, to get to "wet" doors, and others with
> umbrellas
> | > strolling to the closest "free" door.
> | >
> | > This is especially noticeable @ peak hour, on delayed trains and on
> | trains
> | > that are very spaced [ie. 15 or more minutes apart in peak hour]
> | >
> |
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