Re: [NSW] Who's got the worst trains

["ERIKA" <torpan@myrealbox.com>]

Well Mussolini made the trains run on time.In Italy the weather is more
deplorable than here.What does our train driver say about the trains that
dont run at all---are these on time?
I am going to try and get the statistics another country suburban trains and
i email our driver friend a copy,plus publish it here.
You all have to realise the paying customers are not happy with the
service.The fare rise has opened this fact ,again.Even the Premier is not
happy and he doesnt travel on suburban trains.

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"C. Dewick" <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> "Gnome 412" <gnome412@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> >from http://news.com.au today ...
>
> >23mar00
>
> [ some sections deleted ]
>
> >State Rail has applied to increase fares by 12.2 per cent this year
despite
> >growing commuter anger about overcrowding, dirty trains, safety and
> >reliability.
>
> >In other developments revealed yesterday:
>
> >A check of more than 100 trains by The Daily Telegraph found barely a
fifth
> >were running on time.
>
> Did they define what 'on time' means? I bet not, which means if a train
> tabled to arrive at time X arrives at time X+1, they'd regard that as
late..
> grrr..
>
> And I bet nobody thought to take into account the wet, cold weather we've
> had for the last week until today. The rail network is highly
> weather-dependent for running time performance.
>
> >The Australian Services Union said nearly 300 complaints were being made
> >about train services daily.
>
> To whom? And what about? We hear these sort of claims all the time with no
> hard evidence to back up the numbers.
>
> >Transport Minister Carl Scully said CityRail should do better. "I am
> >disappointed with the performance of CityRail," the minister said.
>
> Yeah - yeah.. it's all yadda yadda yadda for a man who has no idea what
> actually goes on at the coal face. I have no faith in Carl Scully, and at
> the moment I'm divided about certain other people (namely the CityRail
train
> crewing manager and other people at around the same level) since I hardly
> know any of them and have no idea what any of them (except the CityRail
TCM)
> looks like. 8-)
>
> >The number of carriages has reduced with the retirement of the last of
the
> >so- called red rattlers in the mid-1990s.
>
> Wrong again - they were all withdrawn by 1992. I wonder if the newspaper
> ever think to hire a specialised 'transport' reporter who knows what he's
> talking about? 8-)
>
> >State Rail said there had been a fresh surge in passenger numbers in
recent
> >months that could only worsen overcrowding problems.
>
> What overcrowding? There are always heavy passenger loads in the AM and PM
> peaks - the trains are always full. Outside these times, the trains are
> almost never more than 50 percent full.
>
> >There is no solution in sight in the short term to the shortage, despite
the
> >added pressures of the new airport line and the Olympics.
>
> I just love the flamboyance of the language!
>
> >Transport Minister Carl Scully said yesterday that improved maintenance
> >turnaround times meant CityRail was effectively creating more services
with
> >less carriages.
>
> Yes, but 'improved maintenance turnaround time' actually means 'less time
to
> do maintenance' which further translates to 'less maintenance'...
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
>
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