Re: On time running of CityRail suburban services

[craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)]

In <7p7hgt$hqs@ob1.uws.EDU.AU> "Ben Staples" <98711576@student.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au> writes:

>> I was told by CityRail late last year after complaining about an ahead
>> of timetable departure, that it was 3 minutes ahead or 5 minutes
>> behind tabled time.... i.e. an 8 minute window.

>Are you saying that CityRail allow early departures?? They can't be serious.
>I've never read any warning to be at least three minutes early at the
>station in case your required train is running early.

In (I think) the railway by-laws, it states that a passenger boarding a
train is *required* (ie. legally) to be on the platform ready to board the
train *at least* 5 minutes before the tabled time of arrival of that train.

So regardless of whether a train is early or late, any passenger is by law
required to be 5 minutes early to the station. I use this quite frequently
when passengers bitch about being left behind when they run for a train
that's already a couple of minutes late. It's their own damn fault if they
miss a train in 99 percent of situations.

>But then again, I shouldn't be that suprised. I sympathise with CityRail
>staff who have to put up with Senior Executive lunacy.

8-) There aretimes when trains are transposed to run early in order to clear
a platform, etc. for some reason. I've had it happen to me on a number of
occasions.

Regards,

Craig.


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