One man's perspective of the daily grind on board the Connex Melbourne metropolitan train system.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Thu 4 August - It's raining...
The 07:14 pulls up three minutes late this morning. It is raining so I suppose that makes a difference somehow. We manage to lose a couple more minutes on the way to pull in about five minutes late.
I had a Frankston train cancelled earlier in the week, my train crowded to bursting point because of a train cancelled before mine mid week and to finish the week off, trains were inexplicably 10 minutes late this morning (across about a 45 min period from what I can tell).
So cross off another week where everything runs ok on the Frankston line too.
An extract from my first post best sums up what this is all about.
"Perception is reality" was one of the many glib phrases my ex-boss used to regularly use. Well my reality is that I have never had a full week of the train that I want to catch running on time. Let me rephrase that somewhat inelegant sentence - I don't believe that of the ten scheduled trains that I would wish to catch in any given week, all ten have ever run as scheduled. Ever. In over four years of commuting on the Sandringham line, my perception is that at least one train per week is either delayed or cancelled.
That's probably a pretty bold call, so to turn my perception into reality, I plan to keep a diary for a while and we'll see how often Connex can deliver me a full week of reliable services. Yes, I know that's a little self-centred, but isn't that the whole point of blogging?
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I had a Frankston train cancelled earlier in the week, my train crowded to bursting point because of a train cancelled before mine mid week and to finish the week off, trains were inexplicably 10 minutes late this morning (across about a 45 min period from what I can tell).
So cross off another week where everything runs ok on the Frankston line too.
Sam
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