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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 story (sourced from AAP):
New train and tram operators pledge punctuality
Victorian taxpayers will fork out more than half a billion dollars a year to the state’s new train and tram operators who have promised less cancellations and delays.
Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) has given its word to commuters it will cut cancellations by a quarter and boost punctuality by 10 per cent by next November.
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Opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder said there were 93 Connex trains needing air-conditioning.
“That means those trains are going to have to come off the tracks to have that work undertaken,” he told reporters in Melbourne.
“I would like to know how the new operator is going to do that without massive disruption to the network.
“I can’t see how you could possibly avoid a meltdown. If we get the temperatures like we did last year there is not enough lead-in time for the new operator or indeed the maintenance crews to carry out the vital work that’s required.”
Once again, Terry Mulder (who happens to be the Opposition Spokesman For Fuckwitism & Sucking Cock, not Opposition transport spokesman as stated in the article) shows he has no fucking clue about anything which comes out of his stupid fucking mouth.
Let’s take a brief look at a similar article from the Herald Sun, which for once gets something fucking right:
Melbourne’s train system name changes from Connex to Metro
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All trains with problem airconditioning will get an upgrade to work at temperatures up to 45 degrees, costing $100 million.
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As the Hun have correctly stated, train carriages with problematic airconditioning systems will be upgraded. They are referring to the Comeng trains – of which there are approximately 93 6-car sets (give or take a bit, can’t be fucked finding the exact number). The only trains that are currently operating in Melbourne that don’t have airconditioning installed for passengers are the Hitachi sets. Of which there are 6 6-car sets, and they only operate on limited runs during peak hours.
Now, it’s pretty fucking obvious to anyone with an IQ in at least the double digits that there is no way in hell that the operator would remove 93 sets from service at the SAME FUCKING TIME to perform upgrades. The master timetable is designed in a fashion to allow a certain number of sets to be out of service at any given time for maintenance, repairs, etc. That, I’m guessing, is how the upgrades are performed when the fucking time comes for it to happen.
Classic case of Mulder opening his stupid cockgobbling mouth without knowing the true facts. He seems to have forgotten that it was his fucking party that decided to privatise public transport in the first place. He can go fuck himself in his sand-filled anus.
I’m curious – when was the last time Mulder took the train to work anyway?
I fucking hate Terry Mulder. For all his criticisms he never comes up with ay answers. He’s a rent a quote cunt that the AM radio stations love using.
As for repeairing the airconditioning they are not going to take all the trains out at once. They will be done when they are in for major servicing. The guy is a fucking joke!
And how many fucktards will complain about the tax payer’s money given to the new operators while expecting better service.
As for the new name Metro – hardly original but at least it will make sense to tourists.
Sorry but u have lost me. You must realise that it would be a great deal better to get well built trains that actually fit the platforms or take some sort of measure to see they do. That is one problem and antiquated signalling devices are another.
If you publish this please do not give me a verbal spray as you have to the Shadow for Transport who is actually carrying out the role of the Opposition rather than agreeing with everything the Stae Government says.
My mum taught me not to swear too.
Of course, even if they could magically remove 93 sets from service there wouldn’t be enough maintenance crews to upgrade them all at once.
Keep in mind that your typical train passenger really has no idea about the logistics of running the train system. So his comments are aimed at spreading FUD towards those people, and trying to make the government look bad no matter what they do. It’s completely predictable.
I gather he’s just having a whinge about there not being enough time to do all the upgrades before summer. Then when summer comes and the old aircon systems start failing he can say “I told you so.”