Re: Congratulations Bayside, once again.

["Wizzer" <wizzer1865@optusnet.com.au>]

John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Just another gunzel." wrote:
>
> > This morning's 06:57(am) up from Glenroy was cancelled, supposedly due
to
> > defective train (when is a train NOT cancelled per defective train?).
Not
> > surprisingly, when I went past Broadmeadows on my down Albury, that I
> > nearly missed as a result of this cancellation, there were two trains
> > sitting in the siding. Surely BOTH weren't defective?
> >
> > There were many reports of cancellations on many other Bayside services
> > today, particularly on the Frankston line.
> >
> > Bayside, pull your head in. There should be no excuse for cancelled
trains.
>
> Well, services on the Frankston line have not been too good recently,
either.
> For the past three Tuesdays, the 1525 down Frankston has been cancelled
(not too
> helpful, given that I normally change to a bus at Frankston).
> Then, on Thursday, the 0602 up Frankston was cancelled, with the excuse
being a
> "lack of qualified running staff". Its the first time for a while that
this
> excuse has been used.
>
> John
> --
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>

Actually, that was the reason. You see drivers were not working their off
roster days so because Bayside are short of drivers and no-one was working
overtime trains were being cancelled because there was really no-one to run
them.

regards Wizzer


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