Re: [Vic/SA] Very long Overland tonight

[taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker)]

On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 12:08:37 GMT, John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>
wrote:

>In article <8rch9p$hnb$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>  Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> In article <8rcg63$h3n$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>>   John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote:
>
>>> couple of Sunday's ago, and was not impressed at all with the
>>>Overland.
>>
>> Be totally honest with you...nether do I especially if you travelling
>> from Adelaide to Melbourne on first class.
>
>My mate was more concerned with what happened before departure than the
>actual journey, I think.  The train arrived from Melbourne 90 minutes
>late, with only one single announcement at Keswick ("the train will
>arrive in ten minutes" -  but it took 30 to arrive - how can they get
>that wrong?)
>
>When the train arrived there was no rush to turn it around, so it left
>90 minutes late.  Before departure he wandered down to take a photo of
>the BL, and returned to find the car doors locked - once again with no
>announcements.  He finally find an unlocked door, but the communication
>doors between the cars were also locked, so he couldn't return to his
>seat.  The door he entered by was then locked by the connie, checking
>tickets. A girl, not travelling, then tried to leave the train but
>couldn't.  Still no announcements.  After attracting the attention of
>the connie (whatever they are called these days) she was let off.
>Presumably if she had been in another car she would have had a trip to
>the first station.  Finally the train departed - with no obvious
>announcements.
>
>The train seemed to make no attempt to regain time, despite not crossing
>any more than just a couple of opposing trains, which were put away in
>the loop in any case.  It arrived in Melbourne 90 minutes late, and we
>can only assume that it would remain 90 minutes late until it finally
>came to day when it didn't run.
>
>Other than that, I guess he had a good time :-)
>
>BTW, the train was well loaded.  The passenger sitting next to him
>elected to travel by train rather than fly, but would have been in
>Melbourne before it finally left Adelaide.  She is unlikely to travel by
>train again.
Sure, but how often to planes run late? I've only travelled by air a
few times but planes have run very late almost all the time, but
perhaps I was unlucky.