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| Thread ID: 122404 | 2011-12-19 12:37:00 | I hope those that live in Auckland have other means of Transport. | Snorkbox (15764) | PC World Chat |
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| 1249591 | 2011-12-19 12:37:00 | www.radionz.co.nz Don't expect to go anywhere in Auckland on Christmas Day via public transport then. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1249592 | 2011-12-19 17:43:00 | Dear me, what is the world coming too? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1249593 | 2011-12-19 17:46:00 | www.radionz.co.nz Don't expect to go anywhere in Auckland on Christmas Day via public transport then. Trains pretty well empty on weekends and holidays. Would have thought they would stop the lot trains and buses and let the staff have a day off. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1249594 | 2011-12-19 18:03:00 | Trains are not very well patronized in Ak anyway particularly on weekends or holidays. They do not go many places that suit most of the population. They are ok for those who live and work somwhere along the line but that is a quite small number of us. They are not and probably never will be a practical method to travel here. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1249595 | 2011-12-19 18:19:00 | Trains have never run on Christmas Day or Good Friday in Auckland anyway, the drivers have to have some time off... Some of the works they're doing include regrading the line at Parnell to put in a new station, this means ripping up the line, digging out the ground and relaying the tracks. Obviously trains can't run while this happens. Trains are not very well patronized in Ak anyway You might want to actually ride one during the peak before saying that ;) And please don't forget Wellington are working on their lines too :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1249596 | 2011-12-19 18:21:00 | Public transport? In Auckland? What's that? | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1249597 | 2011-12-19 18:22:00 | The only trains I see in Auckland are Thomas & Friends toys. Won't make a zip of difference if they stop them or not. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1249598 | 2011-12-19 18:22:00 | Public transport? In Auckland? What's that? Awesomeness :D |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1249599 | 2011-12-19 18:27:00 | The only trains I see in Auckland are Thomas & Friends toys. Won't make a zip of difference if they stop them or not. Very true - the World Cup Rugby matches have all been played at Eden Park.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1249600 | 2011-12-19 20:15:00 | Trains are not very well patronized in Ak anyway particularly on weekends or holidays. They do not go many places that suit most of the population. They are ok for those who live and work somwhere along the line but that is a quite small number of us. They are not and probably never will be a practical method to travel here. My experience of train travel in Auckland is that they are very well patronised. I take the 5.16 from Britomart to Onehunga and you have to be very quick to get a seat. It is standing room only and there are plenty of people standing. Britomart Station is very crowded after 5pm. There are trains departing every few minutes. Granted, trains are fine for those who live near the line, but to say that that is a very small number is not matched by the number of people I see in the station and on the trains every day. Figures show that patronage is increasing and so the amount of work that has been done on the system and the work still to be done seems to be justified. Trains are, and always have been, a very practical method of travel. They shift many more people than buses can do and they do it much quicker than buses. For example, the 5.15 bus from Auckland arrives in Onehunga at 6.15. The 5.16 train from Britomart arrives in Onehunga at 5.41. Buses take an hour in the quiet times and anything up to 75min in the 'rush' hour, depending on the traffic. Trains take the same time all the time. I am really looking forward to the new electric trains that are coming to Auckland in the next year or so. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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