Re: Rail related questions about moving to Sydney

["Andrew" <atailby@mpx.com.au>]

they soon shifted when i asked to have there rail pass so i could write down
there details
It is the only way to make them shift

Hubert <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> The problem is that there are about 100000 school kids on the train and
something
> like 1 adult (yourself). Let's see who's going to listen to who.
>
> (I'm one of the 100000, I'll give you my seat if I see ya!)
>
> Cheers
>
> Hubert
> 23/10/1999 7.58pm
>
> Andrew <atailby@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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> the other thing with school times you will not get a seat unless you
remind
> the little shits that they have to stand as part of the conditions on
there
> rail pass and io can tell you they hate this as some months ago i told
some
> students to stand to make room for a ladie and i told them to stand again
so
> i could sit down.
> then i got a lecture from some other adult saying they had been standing
for
> the last 1/2 hour or so.
> You try getting up at 5am each morning then getting a 6 am service from
the
> coast and spending just over 1 and a bit hours on the train and then spend
> anothor 20 minutes or so on a surban.
> i can asure you thoes school kids hated me for that but i dont care as
they
> only had to spend about 1/2 hour each way comparied to about 1 and 1/2
hours
> so i think it was only fair that i should be able to sit down they are
young
> and fit so make them stand all the way to school on trains and buses.
> Hubert <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> > This may be of use to you:
> >
> > In the morning, services from Beecroft to Hornsby are not frequent at
all:
> if you
> > study the timetable the shortest interval between any two trains (at
> around
> > 7:30-8:30 mark) is 15 min (read 7:09am and 7:31am services from
> Burwood--these two
> > services are guaranteed to be late as they need to wait for an XPT and
an
> intercity
> > service to "overtake" them before they can continue through to Hornsby).
> These
> > services are usually reliable as many of them start from North Sydney,
so
> there is
> > little scope for delay for these trains. However at times, trains
> operating to
> > Epping only will hold up those continuing to Hornsby, as there is only a
> maximum of
> > a 5 minute leeway between Epping and Hornsby trains. Don't expect a seat
> on those
> > services between that time as well, as there are around 6 school in that
> district
> > and students are travelling to school at that time.
> >
> > For the North Shore Line, the times are much more reliable as there are
no
> intercity
> > services in the way of the suburban trains, plus as others have
mentioned,
> the
> > services are very frequent.
> >
> > In the afternoon, the North Shore trains are usually reliable, but over
> the past
> > week or so it hasn't been the case with the new signalling at Hornsby
> being
> > installed. Hopefully these minor hiccups will be ironed out by the time
> you get
> > here. However don't expect one train every ten minutes on the way down
> from Hornsby
> > to Beecroft. Many trains will run via North Shore to the City and then
to
> the West
> > to carry passengers back to places like Parramatta/Blacktown.
> >
> > Hope this is of use. Cheers
> >
> > Hubert
> > (Burwood, Sydney)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Reuben Farrelly <reubie@bigpond.AAA.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi people,
> >
> > In the next 6 weeks I will be moving from Melbourne to Sydney, and have
a
> > question (and comments) about the suburban rail system up there...
> >
> > * How reliable is the system in regards to both cancelled trains and
> > delays - I don't have a car and so will be depending on rail transport
to
> > get to work in Artarmon.  In particular, do most trains run late (by
much)
> > or on time - if I was to try and connect at Hornsby would I be safe to
be
> > there 3 mins before, or 20 mins beforehand?
> >
> > * If I bought a ticket to Artarmon from say, Beecroft, and I wanted to
go
> > further north from Hornsby, could I simply buy another ticket from
Hornsby
> > or would I have to buy a completely new ticket from source to
destination?
> > Why does the system run on the basis of station-to-station fares as
> opposed
> > to zones like what Victoria has?  [Seems to add a lot of complication to
> the
> > system, although I think that Victorian zones are _way_ too big]
> >
> > The offline timetable download on the cityrail website is a good idea,
all
> > of 3842 files and 555 folders all zipped up into 1 ;)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Reuben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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