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Re: New Cityrail logo?



5.45pm would have seen a fix to the problems. Power lines had problems at Pymble/Turramurra
"Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
01bf956b$27b86b20$aadc868b@tom-boles">news:01bf956b$27b86b20$aadc868b@tom-boles...
> When was this? the news showed a stopped V set, and i caught a train home at
> about 5.45 via shore, and no problems at all! Where exactly were the power
> lines down?
>
> Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in article
> <38db167e$0$18580@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
> > 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
> > 38db0fd5$0$18579@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:38db0fd5$0$18579@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > > 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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