Re: Carr blames Fahey for Airport Link bill

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

"Chris Downs"
> Tezza <

> > "The company, which has lodged a $15 million compensation claim against
> the SRA, has blamed late and cancelled trains for poor patronage on the
link."
> >
> > What a load of bunk. CityRail goes out of it's way to cancel and transpose
> > *other* services to make sure the ghost trains run and on time.
>
> CityRail may now but that appears to be a very belated reaction to their
> contractual commitments.  The on-time stats from May 2000 and leading up to
> the Olympics tell a truer and much sadder story.

They've been doing it right from the outset, Drivers were even told when
learning the line that there were penalty clauses for late or early trains. So
what are these "on-time stats" you refer to?

>
> Is a new CityRail TT on the board for the near future - one in which sector
> 2 services are more robust?

There's always a new timetable coming.