Re: Country Trains via Campbelltown

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>]

Darren Yates wrote in message <379712ef.0@occy.pnc.com.au>...
>Feel better now...?
>
>Bob Horgan wrote in message <37970DB4.65C064CA@idx.com.au>...
>>A Campbelltown resident recently complained at being denied to ride
>>country trains stopping at Campbelltown that were terminating at
>>Central. Her story is that the country
>>people using this service have complained bitterlyu about Campbelltown
>>passenger using country trains for travel to Central.
>>
If Campbelltown passengers were prepared to pay a seat reservation fee of
around $5 to use this service (what it would actually cost Countrylink) on
top of their normal fare, then they may have a legitimate gripe about not
being able to ride on this service.

Otherwise, why should passengers travelling into Sydney from country areas
have a swarm of passengers fighting for seats and aisle space invade their
train and make conditions deplorable for the last hour or so of their
journey.  The country trains are not designed for standing passengers, their
airconditioning wouldn't cope with full carriages, the doorways are slow for
loading and unloading large numbers, and there would be a serious safety
concern about evacuating passengers in an emergency.

Regards

David Bennetts
Canberra