Re: [NSW] CityRail Figure Fudging Results

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"TurnTableTed" <thatsmyturnnowurturn@it> wrote in message
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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
> >
> > 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
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Wyong<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>


Pity the uni's nowhere near Wyong.  Even the Central Coast campus is at
Ourimbah.