Train issues

I try and resist the temptation to give a running commentary of the issues I face when I commute by train.    But yesterday might be worth a mention.

The signage at our local station had reverted to stating that the trains were running to Flinders St.    So much for the “through running” that came in just weeks ago.    But there are “planned works” happening on the other side of the city, so perhaps that explains things.  Just the same, when the train arrived, it showed the eventual destination as “Laverton via City”.    Needless to say, when we arrived at Flinders St, this didn’t happen, the train reversed.  There was no announcement, except the usual automated one.  So, if you were in the train, you may well have not picked up that it wasn’t proceeding as per the destination signage.    And the same applied when I was coming home   Oh well…..  Moral of the story, you still have to check and re-check what the train is going to do when you get to Flinders St – rely on nothing that you’ve seen before then.

At least I got home before the bomb scare later in the day.   I shudder to think how Metro would have handled this.  Any disruption seems to send them into meltdown!