Re: Olympic Dress Rehearsal

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

antstig@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <39bc15d2@news.iprimus.com.au>,
>   "Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Running efficiently is now a problem for CityRail. People were
> complaining
> > that they allowed 3 hours to get there (as advised), got there in 30
> mins,
> > and were left with nothing to do for 2 1/2 hours :^) There's no
> pleasing the
> > public....
>
> Surely the crowds at the dress rehearsal are totally unrepresentative
> of the numbers there will be at the "real" events?

I think they were expecting around 100000 at the rehearsal.

> And what about people arriving in the morning who have to compete with
> commuters?
>
> This is as crazy as saying just because events at Olympic Park (Easter
> Show etc) went well that means that the Olympics will also go well.
>
> These were weekend and Bank Holiday events where punters did not have
> to compete with commuters.

They did run one football game in the afternoon peak a while ago.

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David Johnson
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