Re: V/Line pass - a great service (Was: V/Line Pass Worst Service in Australia)

["swaggy" <swaggy@eisa.net.au>]

No i do not own any of the following that you stated. Try travelling during
peak hours and standing on stations and see what you think. Of course V/Line
Pass are going to look after the Geelong line as it has one of its largest
commuters but try travelling on some of the others. And no i have never
worked for the railways and who would want to with the attitudes of its
management the sooner some of them get the privatised life of having to work
for their money instead of being under the government's umberella then they
will see what real life is about.

Jennifer Richmond wrote in message <378BCB06.EC383DD@melbpc.org.au>...
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>swaggy wrote:
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>> V/ Line pass would have to have the worst service in Australia. They
never
>> run their trains to the timetable and keep using the excuse that locos
are
>> defective when it is well known that they are short of train crews.
>
>Where do you get this 'well known' from. I don't know, and I work in the
rail
>industry! And what do you mean 'never' run their trains to time? How many
>experiences are you basing this on? My last experiences with VLP:
>- 2330 down Geelong: Travelled Melbourne to Lara on time all the way
(waited 2
>mins at Werribee for the timetable to catch up with us)
>- 1220 down Echuca: Travelled Melbourne to Echuca on time all the way (2
mins
>early at Bendigo, 5 mins early at Echuca)
>- 1600 down Albury: Travelled Melbourne to Albury 1 min late leaving
Albury,
>very close behind a very late Melbourne XPT. Arrived Melbourne on time.
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>> Passengers are never informed correctly as to what is going on.
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>There's that 'never' again. Last time I was in a situation that needed
informing
>was at Lara on the 1640 down Geelong. The Conductor made an announcement on
the
>train, explaining what was going on. He then stood on the platform,
answering
>questions. Within 40 mins, a train was available to 'assist in the rear'. A
PA
>announcement was made, and we went on our way.
>Is this wildly inaccurate statement that VLP is the worst service in
Australia
>(with no evidence to support your statement) based on one bad experience?
>Perhaps you have a life-long hatred for VLP? Are you a disgruntled
ex-employee?
>Do you own a bus company? Whatever your problem is, why take it out on VLP?
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