Fw: Mon.9.2.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Subject: Mon.9.2.26 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Mon.9.2.26 Metro X
7.02 Sunbury line: Major delays (police in the Sydenham Watergardens area).  Trains may be held at platforms.
- 7.28 Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 7.40 Clearing.
- 7.43 Now pakenham & cranbourne affected.  This is why merging crossing  train lines into one doesn't work
- 7.44 Confusing messaging - citybound Pakenham/Cranbourne lines morning-peak passengers currently seeing this message but a couple of outbound trains delayed.  Need to emphasise direction when the issue is all the way at Watergardens.
- 7.44 Then why are no trains leaving WeFo. Absolute debacle with the platforms being back to front and confused people everywhere, and now two city bound trains not moving and zero communication from driver.
- 7.46 That’s the issue now: whilst Watergardens is a long way it is the destination point and all trains need to stop … I think the tunnel is running an ambitious plan and this in week two my last ever use.
- 7.46 Police incident in the north west shuts the system down in the south east! System is broken.
- 7.47 Worst public transport of the world.
- 7.48 Joke!  Nothing moving on Cran/Pak.
- 8.14 I knew it. I asked you yesterday and you stayed quiet. I knew you’d be planning to f..k us again today.
- 8.15 'Major delays now clearing' is bullshit. You’re cancelling trains and leaving passengers stranded and late for work. I am massively delayed. You guys are hopeless.
- 8.26 Since we changed over to the tunnel I’m yet to have an AM service arrive on time, and have multiple times not been able get on the packed/delayed train….really hoping you can get this sorted soon.
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/2s3ejjub
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Southern Cross and Newport/Williamstown/Craigieburn/Upfield from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/muvm6x8
Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein/Glen Waverley/Frankston lines: All trains will run direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/23yhp355, 
https://tinyurl.com/2f3xuh3b

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