Re: Worse than CityRail

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au>]

Bill Bolton, please take note.  I always have put CityRail ahead of London
Underground.
In late1999, transiting through London during a visit to Britain, I did note
newer and brighter trains, and didn't encounter overcrowding or delays.  It
was such a brief interlude that I didn't change any previously held opinion.

Regards

David Bennetts


> Yeah, the Tube has its problems.  But worse than Cityrail ?  No way.
>
> On my local line, the Victoria line, trains arrive on average every 3
> minutes.  And that's typical of most of London, with the notable
> exception of the East London line which admittedly is pretty
> infrequent.  The only stations on Cityrail with that sort of frequency
> are the City Loop and Redfern.
>
> The trains are hot and crowded.  But they do not smell of urine, or
> worse.  Graffiti on trains is unusual.
>
> Long and unexplained delays do occur, but with nowhere like the
> frequency of Cityrail.
>
> The Tube manages to function all weekend, without vast sections of the
> network being closed for maintenance.
>
> All up, I would take the Tube over Cityrail any day.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Ben Scaro
>
> London