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<blockquote data-quote="Montalban" data-source="post: 56837027" data-attributes="member: 23753"><p>I live in Sydney.</p><p></p><p>Trains are generally very good but tend to be city orientated, in that most lines take you into the city, or back again. So for instance I know people who live in the Sutherland Shire who work in Parramatta and they have to go into the city (at least to Redfern) before they can start heading back out again.*</p><p></p><p>The trains are very good except when it's very hot or it rains very heavily.</p><p></p><p>Not all train carriages have air conditioning. Air con might even be absent on the same train that has air con in other carriages. If it's hot I always avoid a train with open windows - open windows means no air-con. Air con carriages have either solid glass windows, or their windows have been fixed closed.</p><p></p><p>Trains are generally fast and prompt but can be exceptionally crowded in peak times. Crowded in the morning heading into the city. In the afternoons heading out.</p><p></p><p>There's a specialty Airport Line from the airport to the city - run as a private concern and slightly more expensive than the rest of the network, which is still owned by the people.</p><p></p><p>There's limited services late at night on all lines due to personal safety concerns.</p><p></p><p>There's heaps of ticket inspectors and it seems that CityRail's main concern is collections of monies rather than clean uncrowded trains.</p><p></p><p>*-even 'cross-city' connections such as the Cumberland Line - linking Sydney's south-western suburbs (Campbeltown, Liverpool, Faifield) with the west (Parramatta, Blacktown) runs hardly any services at all. I think it's only 2 or four in the morning.</p><p></p><p>Another attempt at a 'cross-city' connection was meant to link Chatswood to Epping to Carlingford to Parramatta but only links Chatswood to Epping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Montalban, post: 56837027, member: 23753"] I live in Sydney. Trains are generally very good but tend to be city orientated, in that most lines take you into the city, or back again. So for instance I know people who live in the Sutherland Shire who work in Parramatta and they have to go into the city (at least to Redfern) before they can start heading back out again.* The trains are very good except when it's very hot or it rains very heavily. Not all train carriages have air conditioning. Air con might even be absent on the same train that has air con in other carriages. If it's hot I always avoid a train with open windows - open windows means no air-con. Air con carriages have either solid glass windows, or their windows have been fixed closed. Trains are generally fast and prompt but can be exceptionally crowded in peak times. Crowded in the morning heading into the city. In the afternoons heading out. There's a specialty Airport Line from the airport to the city - run as a private concern and slightly more expensive than the rest of the network, which is still owned by the people. There's limited services late at night on all lines due to personal safety concerns. There's heaps of ticket inspectors and it seems that CityRail's main concern is collections of monies rather than clean uncrowded trains. *-even 'cross-city' connections such as the Cumberland Line - linking Sydney's south-western suburbs (Campbeltown, Liverpool, Faifield) with the west (Parramatta, Blacktown) runs hardly any services at all. I think it's only 2 or four in the morning. Another attempt at a 'cross-city' connection was meant to link Chatswood to Epping to Carlingford to Parramatta but only links Chatswood to Epping. [/QUOTE]
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