Re: Syd Airport Link

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Chris Downs"
> Tezza
> > "Chris Downs"
> > > Tezza
> > > > "Chris Downs"
> > > > > I've also noticed an upswing (trying hard to be objective) in
> passengers generally bound for the airport by rail and loadings continue to
> > > improve, again from what I observe.  46,000(?) journeys per weekday
> within 2 years may not be too far off the mark.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think you're being as optimistic as the owners who are currently
> > > claiming 10,000 per day. 1,000 per day would be a very generous estimate
> at the moment.
> > > > Domestic Terminal is currently the busiest station, with a mix of
> > > travellers and workers.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Unless someone's playing silly buggers with stats I thought it was
> 10,000 per day some months ago with a 2% growth rate.  Without doing the
> compound calc that approximates to a doubling in patronage each year if the
> 2%/week
> > > increase is maintained or 40,000+ within two years.
> >
> > Not a chance, 1,000 per day tops and that's being generous - what do other
> > Driver's and guards say?
> >
> > The owners are just out and out lying, just as happened with the
> motorways, harbour tunnel and casino when they opened. They bullshit in the
> prospectus and don't want to admit it.
> >
> At 250 trains/day you need 40 people per train (join or leave) from one of
> the 4 stations to reach 10,000 passengers/day.  Many trains are below this
> figure but many are above.  The figures aren't implausible.


At no time during the day or night have I have that many passengers to/from
those 4 stations. The figures are bullshit by a wide margin.