Re: Re: Hexpress

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:23:25 GMT, RC <richy@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Mascot station in the middle of nowhere -

It's actually a little to the left of the middle.

> Green Square surrounded by low
>density industrial/commercial sites -

This is set to change soon, apparently.

> Wolli Creek looks like the Government
>railway did the bare minimum they could get away with.

Agreed.

> Trains creaking into
>the forgotten far platforms of Central Electric...

21/22 would hardly be considered "forgotten far platforms".  22 has a
large number of trains that run in the same general direction.

BTW: There are plans afoot to reinstate the Down Illawarra line off 23
platform through to Redfern platform 10.  Also, they will add a new
crossover near the tunnel mouth and make the down Illawarra line
bi-directional, meaning all Airport shuttles would arrive and depart
from platform 23.

>No airline check in -

True.
> no direct service to Wynyard where all the bizzos are -

Untrue.  Many trains run direct from the Airport to Wynyard via
Museum.

>s__t trains -

Debatable.  Most of them are a bit better than you state.

> s__t service,

I disagree.

> unreliable, frequently cancelled,

You exaggerate.

> through routed
>to the less-privileged suburbs,

So?

> no luggage space,

True.

> no signage, 

Wrong.

>ridiculously
>overpriced fares

True.

> for sh_t service 

Untrue.

>if I was
>running a conspiracy to sabotage the line, I wouldn't have done a better job
>than the current crowd.

You're obviously not very imaginative!   


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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