Re: [NSW] quality of trains on airport line

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

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Chris Downs wrote:
>
> > Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> > > "Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > > Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > > > > "Chris Downs"
> > > > > > Tezza
> > > > > > > Why put G or T sets on the AL at all? People don't know what
train
> > > > they're going to get so it was never an issue for stopping people
from
> > using
> > > > the AL, just another bullshit excuse from the operators. If the
lower
> > the
> > > > fares, people will use it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Leaving better, newer trains stabled on weekends and using
older,
> > > > grotier rolling stock - a marketing masterstroke.
> > > > >
> > > > > The Campbelltown Tangaras are out every weekend, but as I said
people
> > > > don't
> > > > > know what train they're going to get so it's not a real issue.
Regular
> > > > > commuters will of course get used to getting a certain class and
get
> > upset
> > > > > about getting something worse.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like dodgy logic to me.  If people don't know what sort of
train
> > > > they're going to get then you would want to maximise their chances
of
> > > > getting a newer & cleaner train so that you have a better chance of
> > leaving
> > > > a favourable impression.
> > > >
> > > > And this doesn't just apply to the AL.
> > >
> > > "Build it and they will come" eh? And you reckon I was using dodgy
logic.
> > > People aren't *not* using the Airport stations because of the trains
> > (forget
> > > the double negative). If they don't know what train they're going to
get,
> > that
> > > can't be the reason not to use it. Especially interstate and overseas
> > visitors
> > > who wouldn't have a clue about our trains. People *are* using the
Airport
> > line
> > > in their hundreds of thousands, so it can't be the trains. They're
*not*
> > using
> > > the 4 private stations, so gee, could it be because they're a rip-off?
> >
> > You're dodging the issue Tezza.  Why stable better trains and run those
in
> > worse condition?  This is (or was) an issue on weekends if not weekdays.
>
> The timetable calls for nearly every weekend train to be a tangara.  When
the
> Airport opened, extra trains were required, so R sets were introduced (I
call
> them the Boeing runs).
>
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> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
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> capacity and do not represent the
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That's why I suggested the stabled G sets from North & South (they even have
luggage racks).

Perhaps even go one further and trial V sets on weekends.

Chris