Re: Upgrades to western line?

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Keith Walters <K_Walters@email.com> wrote in message
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> This is disgraceful and an insult to all fare paying passengers
>
> I live on the Richmond line and it appears that there will be no trains
> running at all. Is this the best Cityrail can do to improve our rail
service
> at what is the start of busiest time of the year... stuffup all services
on
> the western line?

Penrith is marginally better. Do what I plan to do - drive to Seven Hills
and park there. You will need to be early though.

> So what do we get in return for being screwed around , we're asked to
accept
> some hollow apology for the inconvenience and delays and then we're asked
to
> pay for it.

You also get off-peak fares 24/7 for the duration - still cheaper to buy a
weekly though.

> Cityrail has the hide to charge us any fare let alone an offpeak one.

Yep - should be free.

> Does anybody know what the 'offpeak' rate for a weekly ticket is?

No such thing. A weekly at normal fare is cheaper than 5 off-peaks.

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DaveProctor
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