Re: What is State Rail up to? (NSW)

[Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com>]

The other cars are probably sitting at Hornsby or Flemington CS getting
maintenance after a hectic near-100% utilisation after the games.

btw, was what Run 130 from the pre-May21 days got a C set today!!!

In article <QesJ5.14156$Ab3.71968@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
  "Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote:
> For every morning this week, the last two carriages the 6 set coming
from
> Cronulla at 0832 have been inaccessible to the GP, due to school
bookings
> for the Paralympics.
>
> If SR have these bookings why don't they add two to the six and give
us an 8
> carriage set to compensate. Us regular commuters are being squashed
like
> sardines into the remaining 4 carriages by the time the train reaches
> Sutherland.
>
> I'm at a loss to understand why, with media notifications from the
various
> Paralympic organisations, that ticket sales have exceeded
expectations due
> to unprecedented interest from the citizens of Sydney and School
excursions,
> that State Rail management haven't seen fit to increase the number of
cars
> to accommodate the growing pressure on the system.
>
> It's great the kids are separated and all, but squashing 6 cars in to
4 is
> unreasonable IMO.
>
> Ivan
>
>

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