Re: Tempe - Incorrect Signage?

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"Skippy" <fowler9@skippy9spammeifyoudare.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > > Hi there,
> > > Do you have a life. It's people like you that would make aliens turn
> away
> > in
> > > disgust not wanting to make contact with us.
> > > The trains here in the UK are in a worse state than in Sydney & they
are
> > > running on a more modern system. You will be lucky to find a train
that
> is
> > > even 10mins late here. Most are still running close to 30-40mins late.
> >
> > You poor sad individual if you are suggesting that we shouldn't strive
to
> > improve the efficiency of the Sydney rail network because the UK system
is
> > much worse. You pommies are always in winge mode, you only have to
listen
> to
> > the tone of British reporters on SkyNews to see that.
>
> OK. Take it to a personal level & insult an AUSTRALIAN by calling him a
> pommy. You know something, from all the socalled pommies I have spoken to,
> not one of them knows that us Aussies call them that. OH if you don't like
> Sky News, just do what we all do out here. TURN IT OFF!
>
> Loser.

My original point still stands. Are we going to put up with mis-management
on the CItyRail system because the UK rail system is much worse? Your
original posting was pointless. If you are an Australian then the winge
syndrome seems to have rubbed off big time. I would also examine if your
original posting was getting personal.

> >
> > The infrastructure of the UK rail system is so bad and so old that no
> train
> > would ever run on time. My point about the East Hills line here is that
> > trains run consistently 7 mins late and because of this something needs
to
> > change, preferably the timetable, which is incredibly unrealistic.
Trains
> > mostly leave East Hills and Central on time but can never get to the
other
> > end without running late. It is due to the many missed bus connections
> that
> > a change is being called for.
>
> It may be bad but it's a damn site newer than the Sydney one. You may as
> well just shutup & wait for a few people to die that is blamed on the
STATE
> of the railways THEN maybe, just maybe the pollies will listen to us poor
> defencless people & actually DO something about it. I know I know, pigs
> might fly.

It is MUCH older than NSW's system. There is no way possible to run double
decker trains anywhere on the system to and from London. It is more than
possible seeing the decay going in and out of London, Liverpool and
Manchester. Paddington, Kings Cross and Liverpool street reek with decay, as
does the rail infrastructure in and out of these places.

> Besides, i'm also trying to compare a NATIONAL system against a suburban
> system. SHould really be comparing the TUBE to Cityrail BUT unfortunatly I
> don't live in London & have used the tube once & thought it sucked as non
of
> the ticket barriers accepted my ticket. BUT I wasn't the only one.

We used the tube on a number of occasions last year. We didn't use the
Heathrow service which I believe is 1st class compared to the rest of the
system. The tube is a disgrace and impossible to use with any sort of
luggage, (which goes to using prams etc), and it is always overcrowded. But
of course the bus system in and around London is first class (frequency) and
one doesn't have to rely on trains running close to the timetable to catch a
connecting bus.

Yes, the Sydney system is of no comparison to the London tube. We are
reasonably lucky to have the system we have. Now, if we can only improve the
"lay" of the timetables and improve communication to customers (my original
points as I see them) then we would have close to a perfect system here. I
don't mind East Hills trains running consistently 7 mins late if they
altered the timetable, which is what bus companies work off, so as to
reflect the true running times on the East Hills line. The 5:08pm from
Central to East Hills never arrives at East Hills less than 5 mins late.
There are normally no delays along the track on this service yet it can
never run close to timetable. That is an example that sums it all up. If
trains ran to timetable there was be more leeway for departing buses should
a train actually be 3 to 5 mins late on a realistic timetable. By 7 mins
late the connecting buses have well and truly left.