One man's perspective of the daily grind on board the Connex Melbourne metropolitan train system.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Wed 23 November - Normality...
The 07:14 is on time. And Flinders Street is back to normal. Let's hope that they're big enough to admit that their approach is utterly hopeless and they'll reconsider this one-way nonsense.
Oops, I thought I updated the blog for the homeward journey but clearly didn't! Home on the 18:01 and it's on time.
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?
3 Comments:
Day off today, but according to the Metlink website there were 30 mins delays on the Caulfield group today....and no SMSes.
See:
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/latest_news/service_alteration_detail.php?id=2294
How'd you get home?
Sorry must've not saved or something! Done.
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