Re: Syd Airport Link

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

I've witnessed these numbers frequently from all stations including
Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "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.
>

Eyes wide shut?  Or do you only count those on the platform as your train
arrives (hint: double it to include those that get off your train).

At 1,000 people/day that's 0.5 people to board and leave at each station for
each of the 250+ trains/day.

The only other explanation from my observations and your figures is that I'm
the star attraction and these people only use AL stations to grab a glimpse
of me - not bloody likely.

Chris