Jul
25
2007

The Public Transport Day From Hell

(Add / View Comments) (0)Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 08:52:29 pm
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I can't believe how ridiculous my public transport experience was today. I actually left early this morning, thinking I'd get to work early, and hence leave early. All looked good, getting the Flinders Street at 8am - until there were delays with the trams. Not the worst thing in the world, except that the ones that eventually came, were absolutely packed and at best 1 person from the sea of people at the Flinders Street stop could get on. Finally I got on one at 9:45. Then, two stops into the trip, all the doors except the front one stopped working, meaning at each stop, everyone had to walk through the whole tram (which was packed like sardines) to get off, adding even more time to the trip. At the end of the day, I was half an hour early at Flinders Street, but still got to work fifteen minutes late! You write a song about a porno star, fine.

Tonight on the way home, I actually got a seat on the tram, happily listening to Major Lodge Victory, when at Domain Interchange it diverted down Park Street. At first I thought I was on the wrong tram, but getting off at the next stop was one destined for Melbourne University, which made me figure the jig was up, and jump back onto that one. Eventually I made it to Flinders Street station, even if I did miss two trains. Katie was delayed also, apparently there was an ambulance stuck on the tracks or something such.

So fine, I was delayed this morning, and a bit late tonight, but oh well, deal with it - until the Epping train terminated at Clifton Hill because of an apparent accident at Reservoir. At first it seemed, while annoying, we'd just get the next one, until it was announced there'd be no more trains to Epping until further notice. Seriously? Shit happens, but 3 major issues in 1 day!? Out of the 4 different mode / trips today, only 1 (train this morning) went smoothly!

Anyways, that's my recount of the hellish day when it came to public transport.

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