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Re: New Cityrail logo?



Power lines were downed between Gordon and Hornsby, that;s why trains were running up to 20-30 min
late.


"Paul McCabe" <pmccabe@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> It seems to be "the done thing" at the moment - like stupid phrases such as
> "CityFail", "CityDeRail" etc.  All crap.  Thank the Telegraph for the new
> wave of it too.
>
> Mind you, the fact that Western line trains running through Burwood today
> were announced as running 20-30 minutes late doesn't help change the way the
> public perceive them!  No reason was specified by staff, who felt that their
> booming garbled voices were better than the digitised announcements.
>
>
>
>
>
> > I don't know where people get this strange comprehension that all our
> trains run
> > late!  Every train I have been on in the last week has been on time.  The
> > Telegraph listed all the trains for a certain period of the day (probably
> the
> > worst bit they could find) and showed how late they were, claiming that
> over 70%
> > were late.  They seem to have included trains that were 1, 2 and 3 minutes
> late,
> > which are normally considered on time.
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Johnson
> > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
> > ------------------------------------
> > These comments are made in a private
> > capacity and do not represent the
> > official view of State Rail.
> > C.O.W.S. Page 11.
> >
> >
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