Re: MET (Melb) bad days - getting beyond a joke

Mick Stock (mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au)
Tue, 13 May 1997 00:38:39 +1000

On Mon, 12 May 1997, Iming Chan wrote:

> Mick Stock wrote:
>
> > Thu 8-May:
> > 7:34pm Lilydale train (announced as 7:35pm by station staff - they
> > can't even read their own timetables!)
>
> Mike,
>
> You must have misread your booklet timetable. The current timetable
> stated 7.35pm (instead of the 7.34pm). By the way, it has always been
> 7.35pm Lilydale since 18 Feb. 1996!
>
> I.C.
>
>
>

You are correct - according to the NEW timetables, it is 7:35 (used to be
7:34), however the monitor screen at FS station indicated 7:34! This is
not the only time I've seen this happen where the screen shows an
incorrect departure time. Next time I catch this train, I'll see if it
has been corrected.

As a matter of interest, there was a major stuff-up on the Met's WEB site
- the Sunday timetables for most lines indicated that trains started from
Museum/Melb Central, stopped at Spencer St, then express to Richmond! I
sent them email, and got a reply back the next day. The pages affected
have now been corrected.

Mick.