> Why so many cancellations on the Lilydale/Belgrave lines, when as
> far as I can tell, no other lines had any?
I can assure you that St Albans and Broadmeadows trains often get
cancelled in the evenings. No idea how our cancellation figures
compare to yours though.
> Even though the train was stopped halfway out of the platform,
> idiots were still trying to get in!
That annoys me a bit too, if the train is already late. I'd like to
see a blitz on door-forcing.
>Thu 8-May:
> 7:34pm Lilydale train (announced as 7:35pm by station staff - they
> can't even read their own timetables!)
Someone else metioned that the working timetable says 7.35pm. Might be
worth bringing that up on the customer feed back line to confirm that
our timetables are wrong.
> At no time was any explanation given for the extremely late running
> of this train, and no-one at the Met seems to want to talk about it!
> How can a train which is already running 16 mins late lose another
> 14 mins for no apparent reason? If there is a problem, the driver
> could at least let passengers know via the on board PA system.
When trains leave late they can easily end up stuck behind another
train stopping all stations.
> It seems to me that although the Met claims that they are improving
>services, they don't have the rolling stock & necessary maintenance to
>actually provide a decent service. The actual timetables do not allow for
>any delays, and even when trains are at the platform at FS station on
>time, it is normal for them to leave a few mins late.
I have to catch 2 trains and a bus to work (St Albans-City, City-Box
Hill, Box Hill- Burwood East). It doesn't take much disruption to make
me miss at least one of the connections. Often it runs smooth as
clockwork, but in the last 2 weeks it's been really bad. No idea why,
just a lot of cancellations and late trains.