Sydney public transport???

Question

Heard so many different versions of the public transport system. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 standing for pathetic and 10 for fantastic, your ratings please...

Answer 1

Around 4. Cityrail is pathetic, but at least they're trying.

Trains are either late or cancelled completely.

When they're late by 1 minute, they don't get the connecting train to wait for you.

Answer 2

Here is, in answer to your question, a comparison of all the transport operators in Sydney:

Westbus/Hillsbus (Hills/Western Suburbs, South-West)-7/10 (dont use it much though)

Sydney Buses (CBD, Northern Beaches, Eastern subs, inner west)-8/10

CityRail (trains)-6/10

Light Rail-10/10

Monorail-8/10

Ferries-8/10

Taxis- 8/10 (dont use them much though)

Rickshaws-No idea since I have never used them

Water Taxis-Never used them so dont know

Answer 3

Rating 3, it's dirty, not on time, confusing, too expensive and congested. You rarely get an anouncement and if you do you can't understand the guy cos they are speaking too soft or they have some wierd ***  bloody accent that is so thick you can't understand it.

I know my way around Sydney very very well - i would not want to be a tourist trying to get somewhere, it is difficult enough when you know what your're doing and where you are going.

I was on a train once at Central - i thought the guy said we were at Strathfield.

City Rail needs to employ Australians who can speak clear english and know where things are.

Answer 4

I travel from Baulkham Hills to North Sydney for work.  I have to catch a bus to Parramatta station and a train to North Sydney.  It takes me about 90 minutes.

The bus to the station in the mornings isn't too bad but in the afternoons, you can never rely on it.  It is usually late and the traffic through the main centre of Parramatta can make a 25 minute bus trip extend to an hour.

As for the trains, they're usually on time or within a couple of minutes, so that doesn't worry me too much, it's just how crowded they are.  In the mornings, I rarely get a seat and travelling for 50 minutes standing up on a moving train with people pushing past you to get on and off is annoying.  In the afternoons, I will get a seat because I get on before it gets to the city but the train is still so crowded.

I don't know how they could ever fix it, whether they could put more trains on or not but so many people are living out west and my trains are either the Richmond or Penrith trains.

Overall, it's not too bad.  I just hate travelling into the city where everybody is in a rush to go nowhere and hardly anybody shows any respect.  Everybody has to push up stairs or on and off trains.

Another thing, my train in the afternoon on Monday and Tuesday smelt like vomit.  I couldn't see it but the whole carriage smelt.  People were getting on and then changing seats but you couldn't get away from it.  I don't know whether it was in the seat or where it was.

Having said that, my rating would be 7.

Answer 5

Depending on which part of Sydney you call home the transport system varies, i live in Carlingford and the rail line is old n decrepit however the buses are fairly good we usually get 3 buses every 20 Min's that's 2 to drop off n 1 to pick up (or vise versa) in peak periods..trains 4..buses 8...

Answer 6

I live in liverpool in Sydney, NSW. I have to travel to Heathcote by train nd bus everyday to get to work & home again...I catch 4 trains and a bus! I have to be honest when i say that i am VERY happy with it.

My rating = 8 &1/2

I guess the trains cold come more often.. Maybe every 15 minutes instead of every half hour or hour.

Alot of people have diffent versions of public transport. even some people have judgement when they haven't even tryed it. I guess if they just came more often i would give it a 9 & 1/2 out of 10.. Other than that i think it's great.

I completly recommened public transport as not only is it saving the enviroment.. Its very easy and effective. =]

Hope that helped..

Answer 7

Yeah, it's good. The trains are becoming more and more pleasing to use now. The millennium ones are cleaner and safer.

I'd rate it 9/10.