Re: olympic transport system

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

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> WBrueckman wrote:
>
> > I'm glad to hear that everything is going reasonably well with the
Olympic
> > Transport System in Sydney.  When I worked at the Atlanta Olympics we
had our
> > share of problems of which everyone is well aware.  One of the real
tests is
> > coming up though;  the Paralympics which follows the Olympics.
>
> I'd agree with that.  Train crews will be working increased hours with a
much
> increased workload, but there will be zero financial incentive.  I can see
a lot of
> train crews going sick.  I wonder if CityRail will be providing lunch
packs for the
> paralympics?

I've heard they're gonna run the normal timetable and rosters with extras
for OP. Aparantly they can actually get more work out of us under the old
working.

> >  The crowds will
> > not be as big, but there will be an enormous amount of handicapped
people
> > trying to contend with the transport system;  and people in wheelchairs
cannot
> > move as quickly as the able-bodies.
>
> That would probably explain why so many stations are getting wheelchair
ramps
> installed in locked up boxes.

Yep. And just one veggie can add 5 minutes to one train, imagine what
hundreds or thousands every day will do.