Re: [NSW] Daily Terrorgraph 23/3/2000

[ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:53:38 +1100, "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>
wrote:

>> Each carriage on the network now carries almost 500 passengers a day on
>> average, compared to just over 400 in 1995.
>
>isn't that more economically efficient??


  Ahh efficency is not what is about. Look in the paper and ASU is
claiming the reason why it is bad is because there is not enough staff
or overtime.

>
>> In other developments revealed yesterday:
>>
>> A check of more than 100 trains by The Daily Telegraph found barely a fifth
>> were running on time.
>
>What trains? Where to??? Are they saying if it didn't arrive in 2 seconds of timetable then it's
>late?
>
  Which is different to the offical definition of on time. Anyone who
expects ontime to be spot on time is a fool.
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