Transport System

Melbourne public transport is turning into the Microsoft joke: where you go to hell to try it out and its great, when you go back for real its horrid, with the punch line being that was the demo now its for real.

In the last 2 days I've started using public transport to get to work, following the flow of people. Previously I've either walked, or when here in November got the train out of town against the flow of people.

Both days have been broadly similar and are pretty much described below:

• 1st train cancelled and 2nd train 20 mins late
• 2nd train arrives and is jam packed. Doors open and somehow the 10 people in front of you squeeze on
• Your now teetering on the edge of the platform thinking its so close but there is no room.
• At this point the person behind pushes and somehow your on, worrying that as the door closes you'll be split in half as your not really in
• As the doors about to close message goes, the person behind makes one last shove and somehow both you and they are on
• You now spend the next 10 mins trying to find something interesting to look at on the ceiling, while avoiding telling the poor woman squashed up against you that its your hand in your pocket.

The train service is run by Connex so maybe its no surprise its like the UK.