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A ferry hasn't hit a wharf today.
I've noticed a few of these ads in the paper lately, and it appears that the millenium trains are great ...now.
No doubt they are a great bit of technology but at what price?
What I'd like to see in the ad is the original tender price of suppling these Millenium trains to State rail and the total amount that has been spent to get, and keep, these trains "smooth, safe and realiable"
"It utilises Realiability Centered Maintenance, more common in the aircraft industry."
How much does all this cost?
Maybe they should have this sort of " realiability centered maintenance" for Sydney Ferries.
I think with these ads coming out we might get announcement of more trains being ordered soon.
I had to have a dig so I e-mailed this in to the editor,and it was in the paper 27/1/06
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An aeroplane has to be pretty realiable as you don't coast to a stop if there's a problem at 40,000 FT.
.What do you need in a train?
You need somewhere for the people to sit, a heater for winter, air conditioning for summer.
You need a driver,an engine,brakes and a whistle.
You don't even need a steering wheel as the thing runs on tracks.
Modern train, like cars and most things are over-engineered and with that overpriced.
Had your car serviced lately,and how much did it cost?
How much does it cost to have a millennium train serviced?
Have a look at the www.downeredi.com website. Click on "Media release " then "Archives," scroll down to 4 May 04 and (read more)
The multi-skilled minister Mr Costa is saying how good the mellenium train is but as the article says he doen't sign off on the other 558 trains and carriages.
Scroll down the archive and the Mellenium is mentioned back to 2002 and even Mr Scully has a gig.
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Update 31/1/06
Another "smooth and safe millenium train" half page ad in the telegraph this morning.
Why?
Not to be outdone, the Sydney Ports has also got in the act, with this 1/3 page ad in the Leader today.
It's reassuring that they're looking out for us, I feel a lot less alarmed.
I can't wait to be told by way of expensive ads how good the buses are now.
This entry was posted on 25 Jan 2006 at 22:20 by hstephens and is filed under All.