Re: [NSW] Skipping stations - is it a common practice?

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

nor have they travelled on trains for the past 2 decades. they have their
own bloody Holdens or even chauffeurs

"DTS" <julia@idx.com.au> wrote in message
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> Matthew Geier <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
> 8arnrq$cb4$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au">news:8arnrq$cb4$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au...
> > In article <8ajqo7$s80$1@jedi.apana.org.au>,
> > C. Dewick <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > >Hi Danny,
> > >
> > >The problem is that you, as an individual, might be on a train that is
> > >transposed or cancelled or delayed, and because you'll probably only
look
> at
> > >it from your personal perspective, you don't see the overall picture,
and
> > >most people assume that they've been 'done a dirty' because *their*
train
> > >has been singled out for a change of plans. That's where the Network
> Control
> > >people come in because they see the overall picture and often if one
peak
> > >hour train is cancelled, it might directly affect 1000 people, but that
> > >single cancellation could indirectly improve the situation for many
> > >thousands of other passengers who are waiting for other trains which
are
> > >also running late.
>
> Thanks Craig and others for the info... Now I know the situation when the
> trains has been "transposed" to a different stopping pattern. But I mostly
> hear the media and politicians "beat up" when that train has been
> "transposed" - they have no idea as they never worked in CityRail.
>
> Cheers.
> --------------------------------------
> Danny Mok
> dan@flex.com.au
> FordGhia's Railway & Transport Page
> http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~phil05
>
>