I drive to work these days so it doesn't affect me but the train system in Melbourne is crap. I did some work for Connex (French company who took over running our trains a few years ago) managing a desktop rollout across the whole system in 2004 and it was a real eye-opener to see how they operate.
We have the Commonwealth Games next month and it's going to be a scary proposition, public transport-wise.
I've been on trains in London, Madrid, Tokyo, China, Peru and Bangkok and ours are definitely the worst, reliability-wise. The only thing I can say about your story, Jake, is that £73 seems like an awful lot of money for a 3.5hr round trip. Can you fly there?
The first time I caught the tube was from Heathrow to London, I didn't think it was expensive or bad. And I also used it to get around London and no problems there either.
You guys have nothing on us here in Australia. Check this story out:
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I drive to work these days so it doesn't affect me but the train system in Melbourne is crap. I did some work for Connex (French company who took over running our trains a few years ago) managing a desktop rollout across the whole system in 2004 and it was a real eye-opener to see how they operate.
We have the Commonwealth Games next month and it's going to be a scary proposition, public transport-wise.
I've been on trains in London, Madrid, Tokyo, China, Peru and Bangkok and ours are definitely the worst, reliability-wise. The only thing I can say about your story, Jake, is that £73 seems like an awful lot of money for a 3.5hr round trip. Can you fly there?
The first time I caught the tube was from Heathrow to London, I didn't think it was expensive or bad. And I also used it to get around London and no problems there either.