Lousy evening train services
Another fun night of getting home by public transport. Got to Spencer Street somewhat short of missing a train. With trains only every half hour that’s quite a long wait. So walked up to the 109 tram stop to find that I had just missed a tram as well. Went back to the station and raided the brochure rack, they had every timetable but for the lines that I use, though there were some brochures that I was interested in taking a look at such as some misconceived propaganda on ticket inspectors. I also took some timetables for other lines which I now realise that I’ll never use but what the heck they were there and easy to grab so will probably just decorate my spare change drawer or something. Sat around at the station admiring the new wavy that they are building, while twiddling my thumbs.
Finally the train arrived, fairly full with drunkards, probably a result of Oaks Day or something. Though I’d rather them on the train than on the road, I could have done without the noise. It did, however, turn out to be a form of free entertainment. With trains so well patronised and only every half hour, it denies all credibility to those in bureaucracy who say they’ll provide more train services when people use them.
Arrived at Box Hill and the escalator was stationary and it wasn’t evident until I was near the top that there was a barrier saying not to use the escalator. Not to mention that it was padlocked to the sides leaving everyone to climb over it. The fools, if you’re going to close an upward-escalator you put the barrier at the bottom or at both ends!
So it’s fair to say that I am p!%#ed off at Connex, they obviously know how to turn away passengers. Though not as much as I am pissed off with Bracks and the rest of his lazy government. They promised to do everything for public transport before they were elected in 1999 and haven’t done a thing.
November 4th, 2005 at 12:07 pm
The blame for Melbourne’s public transport neglect must rest at the feet of the Transport Minister Peter Batchelor.
Until this Minister accepts responsibility for failing to deliver on key 1999 election promises the people of Melbourne will continue to suffer while the Minister simply hides behind Connex and other operators.
Alex
November 5th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
You haven’t experienced anything until you hop along CityRail or any of the other fine Sydney public transport systems.
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