One man's perspective of the daily grind on board the Connex Melbourne metropolitan train system.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Mon 29 May - Wet and late…
Late this morning - I'm going to Perth again after work so I’m taking my son to kinder first. I get very wet walking to the station - at least I remember to use a two hour ticket rather than an all day one.
The 09:11 is about four minutes late and dumps us on platform 10.
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?
2 Comments:
I hate platform 10 it's a real pain to get out if your up the front.
The whole bloody system sux big time.
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