The opening of this week saw the Flinders Station dangerously packed with evening peak-hour commuters due to the rain. Connex, of course, blamed the weather for the train delays and consequently the packed platforms.
Transport Minister Lynne Kosky, currently on leave, continues to receive backlash from commuters. I am pretty sure she is currently one of the most unpopular minister in the cabinet.
From The Age today:
Catch our trains' say frustrated commuters
- Kosky challenged to 'take a ride'
- Flinders Street station 'dangerous'
- 'Sea of commuters' block platforms
Frustrated passengers threw down the gauntlet to Connex executive chairman Jonathan Metcalfe and Ms Kosky in emails expressing their fury at crammed train carriages and packed station platforms.
[...]
A Craigieburn line passenger said it was "only a matter of time" before overcrowding at Flinders Street Station caused a death or serious injury.
"The Transport Minister and her colleagues should join the voters of safe Labor seats and catch the 5:36pm to Craigieburn," he wrote.
"She might see that this is a real problem that has a high potential to cause serious injury to children or the elderly or small-framed women who, if pushed in a big crowd, will not have the strength to resist the crowd and will be toppled onto the tracks." '
The metro railway contract currently held by Connex will be up for tender soon and so far Hong Kong's MTR and France's Keolis are bidding for the rights. Personally, I would like to see MTR to run the trains as they are no doubt one of the best railway operators in the world.
Ms. Kosky, you heard us?
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