I’d say Sydney trains are a joke, but jokes are supposed to make you laugh.
Due to an actual derailment at Circular Quay, people found that their morning commute to work in the city was absolute bedlam (AGAIN), with crowds that are beyond fucked.
Me: sees #sydneytrains is trending pic.twitter.com/FMFG8oJGyA
— Bobbinghead (@BobbingheadYT) March 2, 2020
Oh North Shore line why do you disappoint me so? You were looking so good for a while … #SydneyTrains pic.twitter.com/TK5ixoPDqA
— Andrew Gillman ?️? ??? (@aussiemoose) March 2, 2020
Naturally, the dreaded #sydneytrains tag was trending on Twitter, and the results are tragic in a kind of funny way. I think. I can’t tell if I’m laughing or crying anymore, I just want to travel without having to leave my house two hours early.
Me: Wakes up extra early to get to work extra early#sydneytrains : pic.twitter.com/XJKzemd2MH
— Tank SZN (@lil_cz) March 2, 2020
When #sydneytrains is trending and you’re already on a train… pic.twitter.com/bHJfOco4bv
— G i G i (@gacd86) March 2, 2020
#Sydneytrains fuckups are starting nice & early today. pic.twitter.com/g6RjrAx4uT
— Arrancini (@_lead_salad) March 2, 2020
Late to work because of #sydneytrains? pic.twitter.com/1N9vB3z5fj
— Jodi McKay (@JodiMcKayMP) March 2, 2020
Left my house at 6am. Start work in 4 mins at 8 and I’m not even close to getting there any time soon. Just another day on #sydneytrains pic.twitter.com/EYCzoqLhVG
— sleep ? (@jxnann) March 2, 2020
Of course, when you add in all the on-going coronavirus hysteria, the chaotic crowd escalates to become the kind of shit you see in disaster movies.
One sees #Sydneytrains trending due to yet another breakdown; surely due to a vital public utility not having proper investment. All those images of overcrowding on platforms & in carriages also surely be giving health officials dealing with #coranavirus sleepless nights. #auspol pic.twitter.com/RmOV58pUH2
— Nicholas Nicola (@nicolasnicola22) March 2, 2020
The NSW Health Minister: avoid unnecessary physical contact with people#sydneytrains this morning: how would you like to spend an hour with every inch of your body touching a stranger
— Meagan Date (@meagandate) March 2, 2020
#sydneytrains broken again!
People can’t get on, people can’t get off pic.twitter.com/nCBXGSKIA5— JAS?N (@Dakuwanga) March 2, 2020
Nothing like this greetingyou at Chatswood station. It’s going to be a long day #sydneytrains pic.twitter.com/sVvwe7ecoA
— Nic (@Brittanamfeo) March 2, 2020
TBH, it’s ridiculous how much we actually pay to use a service that doesn’t even work. Petition to declare that our taxes should cover Opal card fees since they’re meant to be used for public infrastructure anyway? WHY AM I PAYING TWICE.
I spend over $250 a month on my opal card.. and I would say that almost 75% of trains are always late and 99% of trains are over capacity.
But it’s okay we’ve got 17 more trains coming!!
Gonna love to see that ??♀️#Sydneytrains #whatajoke
— Bianca (@bibi2639) March 2, 2020
#SydneyTrains should be a performance based system. If the trains aren’t on time I shouldn’t have to pay full fare. ??
— Molina Suaz (@molinasuaz) March 2, 2020
And yes, before anyone says otherwise – I completely blame the government for this chaos, because they’re the ones privatising buses, spending millions on the barely-functional light rail, and neglecting much needed funding for the Sydney trains. Don’t @ me on this.
Public transport in Sydney is getting worse with the state of #sydneytrains and the light rail taking twice the amount of time to get into the city than the bus, yet the NSW government is still pushing for the last of Sydney bus’s to be privatised.. #nswpol 1/2
— Melanie – Viva La Revolution ✊ (@CartwheelPrint) March 2, 2020
Long do I live for a day where we have a state government that spend money on maintenance to the incompetent railway service instead of stadiums that didn’t need to be re built… #sydneytrains @GladysB https://t.co/yqnA2YkvhF
— Christopher Smith (@chrisryasmith4) March 2, 2020
To be clear: For a tiny fraction of the cost of WestConnex, we could have had major signalling and maintenance upgrades to #sydneytrains. But for purely partisan reasons (hatred of train drivers union), the government built a duplicate metro network and light rail instead.
— Declan Kuch (@agentdeclan) March 2, 2020
The saddest part is how while this is an absolute shit-show, it’s not even that out of the ordinary. At this point, it’s what we expect.
The old saying goes that there are only two certainties in life: death & taxes.
I’d like to add a third: Sydney trains being delayed. #sydneytrains #circularquay #nswpol
— Sam Murden (@MrSamMurden) March 2, 2020
I dream of a working transport system. #sydneytrains pic.twitter.com/ebaIyZlfg3
— Clare (@PartimSilvis) March 2, 2020
My buses and trains were delayed this morning and they literally have nothing to do with the circular quay derailment, they’re just like that normally #sydneytrains
— Soaliha (@Soaliha_) March 2, 2020
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