Re: Easter Show Trains - the REAL story.
tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:56:23 +1000
Peter Ware wrote in message <352D587C.6705@ozemail.com.au>...
>Derek Woodlands wrote:
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>> Appeals have been made on the local media for people to delay their
>> trip so as not to coincide with Freak Hour. I cannot see how they
can
>> have a hope in hell of coping with the Olympic crowds!
>>
>
>A solution, which has been used in other Olympic Cities during the
>games, is to alter the "Freak Hour". Schools, Universities and many
>non-essential operations do not run during the 16 days of the games.
>Business are encouraged (forced??) to alter their hours of operation or
>close down (workers take annual holidays) during the same period.
>
>Putting on additional trains to cope with the combined games and normal
>peak hour traffic will not work if there are no slots left to run the
>additional trains.
>
>Peter Ware
The Olympics will be held during the school holidays. FreightCorp will
be running no or almost no trains, and workers will be forced to take
annual leave. Even during these show days there are almost no paths for
freight and Drivers are on guarantee.