Re: [NSW] Cumberland line patronage

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@eisa.net.au>]

Has anybody noticed how bad City Rail has got since Scully took over as
Transport Minister. I seem to think he might be aligned with the TWU who as
you know are anti-rail. It was another TWU Transport Minister that canned
the part built line to Wollongong off the main south line at the behest of
the TWU who were afraid their members who drove coal trucks would lose their
jobs. I think it was Unsworth.  As for City Rail, you can put up with
incompetence to a degree but when they start killing their customers by
sheer negligence then its time to call a halt.
Cheers
Rod Gayford

"Ken Neate" <kenneate@tig.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Could someone give an educated approximation of the PAYING PATRONAGE of
> > Cumberland line services (bear in mind the high percentage of fare
> > evasion...)
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> > Seems like CityRail doesn't give a shit about this line, and as we've
seen
> > today it was shut down again because of Jubilee 2000 at Olympic Park.
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> Given that CityRail have done their best to scare off passengers from this
> line there can be few.  I have ridden 6 car peak hour services from
> Glenfield to Parramatta and found them well loaded from Fairfield to
> Parramatta.  One wonders why people persist.  In 1996 when the line first
> opened, the northbound 4 car Tangaras from Campbelltown apparently had
most
> seats taken by Glenfield in the morning peak.  There were customers out
> there. CityRail has driven them away thanks to indifferent service.
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> Probably the next timetable will see further reductions in service as
there
> will be a scramble to find trains for the Airport service.
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> It is a pity to see the investment in the Y link being wasted by bad
> management. Also it is sad that the next time a service is suggested which
> runs anywhere other than Sydney city, it will be howled down because "no
one
> uses the Cumberland line".
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> Ken
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