The Herald Sun have trotted out another fucking story about public transport – this time about how it’s a death trap and how evil the Labor Government are for underfunding the whole affair:
Danger on the rails
EXCLUSIVE: TENS of thousands of Melbourne commuters are at risk of catastrophic accidents caused by dangerous train lines, Metro Trains [...]
So, The Age are running a story about Martin Pakula and his promotion to the position of Minister for Public Transport:
New minister Pakula in transport driver’s seat after Brumby reshuffle
“Casual” public transport user Martin Pakula is about to get deeply acquainted with Melbourne’s roads and rails after today accepting what many see as the Victorian [...]
Well fuck me sideways! A post with some real actual content!
The “preferred tenderers” for the operation of Melbourne’s train and tram system were announced back in June, with the actual signing of the contracts undertaken last night. Today some of the details of the contracts were made public, and The Age ran this [...]
AdelaideNow are reporting on a collision which took place between a tram and a truck this morning in, funnily enough, Adelaide:
Truck collision with Adelaide tram causes chaos
A GLENELG-bound tram was almost derailed when it collided with a truck in the city outside the Town Hall this morning.
As the half-full tram headed south along King William [...]
Ok, fuck you, I’m tired and this is going to be a poorly constructed rant.
On May 16th The Age published a story by some slut going by the name of Gabriella Coslovich, who told the world how unhappy she was that she would potentially be receiving a fine for not validating her ticket prior to [...]
Found this in the Herald Sun this morning:
Man’s body on Connex carriage… but for how long?
POLICE have launched an investigation into the discovery of a body in a commuter train.
Passengers found the man, believed to be in his mid-60s, as they left the train from Sandringham at Flinders St station about 7.30am.
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Fuck Connex and their… [...]
So it appears Andy B has now banned me from his site for the next month. Good to see the ban is working well, hence I am able to not only post a comment, but a blog entry too.
Meh, before he fully bans me, I just want to say, tits, fuck you, labia, and Brittany [...]
The Age are running a story about ANGRY COMMUTERS and their experiences with METCOPSticket inspectors on public transport:
Angry commuters hit out at ticket inspectors
Angry commuters have accused train and tram ticket inspectors of being bullies with bad attitudes.
Excessive force, intimidating behaviour and a heavy-handed approach were among readers’ grievances following news of a surge in [...]
So, today the Victorian Government announced $650 million of funding to extend the rail line from Epping to South Morang, as part of the “Let’s Pretend We Care About Public Transport” plan.
This news about the extension was all well and good, until I read some further information about it – specifically a rough plan [...]
The tenders to operate Melbourne’s train network close today at 2pm, and The Age are reporting on that:
Someone should probably tell them that Veolia and Connex are one and the same fucking company. MTR are the third bidder.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Update 10.45am:
They’ve changed the graphic, but retained the error.
Update 11.23am:
Finally the cunts have [...]
