Re: [NSW] CityRail Figure Fudging Results

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"Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Al wrote:
> >
> > > I'd believe it.  After catching the train almost every day for the
last 2
> > > weeks (at least twice a day when I do) they've all been at least 5
minutes
> > > late, even allowing for the 3 minutes that CityRail allows itself..
> >
> > 5 minutes for InterUrbans.
> >
> > --
> > Any people you may meet from
> > time to time are merely  the
> > product of a deranged imagination
> > - Douglas Adams.
> >
> > Anita Lukaszyk
> > neety@iprimus.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety
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> Are Hunter line trains ie Newcastle to Maitland considered InterUrbans??
>
> And yes, on that note, even the InterUrbans to/from Sydney that we've
caught
> have all been at least 5 minutes late.
>
> Mind you, it would probably help if they left on time.  When I was
catching
> one from Newcastle to the uni one day, it was scheduled to leave at 10:03.
> 10:00, the driver rocks up and unlocks the cab.  10:02, driver gets out of
> train and lights up a durry.  10:03, driver puts durry down on fence,
comes
> back on train, then gets off again to finish it.  10:04 driver goes for a
walk
> back down the platform.  10:06 driver comes back up platform, flicks durry
> away into bin.  Guard comes up to driver and says "when you're ready".
10:07
> train actually leaves, already behind the 3 minutes before it's even
started
> its journey.  Now, where can it pick that up?
>
> Al
>
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