Re: Cityrail fare rises suck

[kingpin1@ozemail.com.au (Derek Woodlands)]

'Twas a dark and stormy night on Mon, 2 Aug 1999 18:04:50 +1000 as "M.G.Smith"
<gard@bigpond.com> took time out from the neverending quest to rid the world of
grues and wrote:
 
> At least you have an option of driving or take the train (which is cheaper,
> DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING DIFFERENT!)

Using public transport is cheaper ONLY if you get rid of your car.   Many rail
passengers also own at least one vehicle.  Therefore when working out costs,
forget things like rego and insurance, they have to be paid anyway.  

> We rail workers on this group have no option but to drive, in order to get
> you to work.
> Many companies offer free travel to/from work if you work in strange hours,
> when public transport does not exist.
> But at SRA nothing.

I get no travel allowance at all.  Luckily for me my journey to work only takes
30 seconds.  ;-)
 
> You, our customer, also complain about the private bus network, and I can
> tell you now, an intergated ticket system is coming soon, and the sooner,
> the better.
 
I don't mind the system as used in Adelaide.  It works rather well.  Shame their
train service is so poor though.

Catchya

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