Re: Opening Ceremony transport

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

Yes, that first train was packed full. there was a bit more room, but it was
quite full. same as the next 5 trains that i saw.

I was on my way home from central, where the crowds were not too big, but
still sizable. anyway, the first 5 op trains that i saw heading to the city
had about 5 people each, then the rest were chockas. the blacktown trains
still had a few more seats left. And i have never seen a richmond train
still half full at riverstone at 1am in the morning!!!!

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Paul Jones


"Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> I went to the Olympics opening ceremony last night, and even though my
train
> trip was short, I have to give congratulations to CityRail for a job well
> done.
>
> I drove to Lidcombe, and parked in the parking station behind the Railway
> Hotel. An Olympic Park train was just pulling up as we reached the
platform.
> Straight on (wasn't very crowded), and arrived at OP several minutes
later.
> No real queues to speak of (considering the great amount of people there),
> and plenty of volunteers and CityRail staff to ensure people knew where to
> go.
>
> Departing the stadium, as you would expect, was a lot more crowded as
> everyone was leaving at the same time. However, the staff volunteers made
> sure everyone knew where to go. There was a fairly lengthy queue for city
> bound trains, but for people going west it was a straight walk to the
> platform.
>
> From my observations, and the CityRail staff I spoke to, about 70% of
people
> were catching the city bound trains, and around 30% were going to Lidcombe
> or west. People going to the city, instead of queuing, would probably have
> been better off catching a train to Lidcombe, and then catching a city
bound
> service from there.
>
> The first Lidcombe train pulled up about 2 minutes after we reached the OP
> platform. Plenty of (Grant Goldman) announcements about train running, and
> also advising trains will be arriving every 5 minutes. Didn't bother
> catching the first train due to the crowd that boarded it. We could have
> crammed in, but it wasn't worth it. The next train arrived immediately
after
> the first one left, straight to Lidcombe and then home in the car.
>
> Overall, a great ceremony, great crowd, and a great, efficient and
organised
> transport system.
>
> Russ.
>
>