Message from discussion Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.

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From: "DJ" <mrj...@bigpond.net.au>
Newsgroups: aus.bicycle
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Subject: Re: Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:25:23 +1100
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"PeteSig" <pete...@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
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> "DJ"  wrote:
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>> I know it's frustrating about not allowing you to take your bike on the 
>> train but i gather that in most cases, judging by your post, you only use 
>> the train when the weather turns shit but most times your wife and 
>> perhaps yourself would be commuting on the bike instead of using the 
>> train.I guess it's hard to please all concerned.
>
> So it's ok to shaft the occasional PT user?

Well no it's not ok but understandable to make restrictions at certain peak 
times due to possible risk to other commuters.
Say you weren't a bike rider, and your travelling in a fairly packed 
carriage and someone gets on the train with a wet bike with some mud 
splashed up the side of it or just dirty water from the roads, rubbed up 
against your suit or workclothes, or worse still, you get scraped along the 
leg with a sharp end of a pedal or chainwheel or it rips your suit leg to 
peices, just because the bike was in the carriage, no fault to anyone but 
all it takes is a jerk from a sudden stop to send standing passengers 
scurrying to get balance.
It's like on a bus, at no time are bicycles allowed on a bus due to the 
tight confines of that type of vehicle.
Prams are another pain in the arse,but unlike bicycles, don't have the sharp 
peices to rip you open and that's the only reason they restrict bikes at 
these times plus the fact that for every bike on the train, they can fit 2 
more people.
It doesn't seem fair I know but I've seen it happen where an elderly gent 
accidently stepped back due to the braking of the train and he was left with 
a nice peice out of his right leg after it came into contact with a 
chainwheel.

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>> Jeez, when does peak time finish in Melb? You stated it's dark and wet so 
>> that tells me at this time of the year it'd have to be around 7.30 to 8pm 
>> so usually peak time in the cities finish at around 7pm so I can't see 
>> why you can't take the bike on at this time of the evening.
>
> Winter in Melbourne is cold and wet at 5.30pm. As far as I know this ban 
> will continue, indefinitely.

In Sydney, Cityrail allows bikes in peak but you must have an childfare 
ticket for it to travel but outside peak it's free as well as all weekends.

Well in Vintage's original post, he didn't indicate that he was referring to 
winter times so I just took it that he was referring to a very recent 
occurance.In summer though, after 7pm and the peak time officially over,then 
there'd still be enough daylight.  Cheers  DJ

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> Cheers
> Peter
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