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Re: More on the maglev

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: More on the maglev
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:40:52 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Daniel Gerrard wrote:

> >Consider an elderly passenger who is slow getting to his/her seat. Are
> >they going to hold the train until everybody is seated? What would that do
> >for their timings?
>
> It works on planes, and they would be the main form of competition.

But you need to be ready to board 20 minutes prior to the flight taking off.
This does not happen with rail.  Usually you get people arriving just after the
train is due to leave, who then abuse any staff for allowing the train to leave
without them.

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

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