Cycling would have been quicker

Back in September I ranted at the state of long distance trains in Australia, especially the XPT.

I had confirmation today when I put my mother on the train to Sydney. It arrived one hour and twenty minutes behind schedule.

Thankfully I phoned Countrylink beforehand so we were not waiting longer than we had to on the platform. But the train arrived even later than the pre-recorded station announcements had us believe. 

I suppose I should be thankful it arrived at all.

Australia simply does not know how to do public transport. In a country as vast as Australia, public transport should be something we do really well, and for which we set the benchmark for other nations. What a laugh that is.

The travelling public deserve so much better, and I can't for the life of me work out why they don't kick up a stink about it; for unless they do, nothing will change.

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