Re: Tangaras are crap

[ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:25:07 +1100, "Garry Hoddinett"
<hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote:

  I would agree 100% as well. I lived in Sydney for two years, and
both my regular trains 7:00am ex Rockdale and around 16:10 ex Kings
Cross were Tangara's. Never had a problem with them. I would say that
most people lived in Sydney resented the seating (Where else in
Australia do they have flip over seating?) and formed a love/hate
relationship. Coming from outside it didn't worry me. (Only thing I
don't like is sitting eye to eye with someone, so I only sat in the
first seat if I had to)
>>
>Criticising tangaras is a regular column in this newsgroup and probably
>deserves its own newsgroup.  I have travelled on 1000's of tangara services
>since they were first introduced in the late 1980's.  I usually travel on at
>least one every working day and often twice a day.  On MYopinion as a
>PASSENGER I would much rather travel on a Tangara than an other CityRail
>train except an perhaps an Interurban V-set.  I don't mind the fixed
>seating - many suburban trains the world over have fixed seating.  Yes the
>seats are firm but not as hard as the C-sets and not covered in some
>sticking coating like the refurbished S, K & R set cars.  The high seat
>backs of the Tangara to me are preferable to the low back seats of many
>other types.  The stair design from the upper and lower decks are easier to
>enter and leave from.  The view from both decks (especially the top deck) is
>superb.  I don't have a problem with the air conditioning - in all my years
>of travelling on a Tangara there has probably been only 4-5 times where the
>air conditioning was defective - may be I'm lucky that way but I don't think
>so.  When Tangaras were introduced  they portrayed a modern clean image for
>CityRail which helped in its marketing - they still look the flashiest of
>all Australia's suburban trains.
>
>Tangaras are not perfect and others are free to disagree with my opinions
>but I think Goninian should be complemented on a fine job.
>
>

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