- As it happens, I'm on my way to Richmond Hill tonight to meet up with Kelly and to drop by Wendy & Neal's house. So I decided to catch the 5:00PM train -- left work early, bought my ticket, and am standing on the platform waiting for the train. Of course the usual idiocy takes place, with people forming a thousand lines instead a single line, somehow hoping that the doors to get ON the train have gotten significantly wider. 4:59 rolls around and the train still hasn't arrived, but an announcement airs that the train will be arriving momentarily.
- About a minute later, the announcement airs again, then within 30 seconds, another announcement airs stating that the train is now going to be 10 minutes late.
- 5 minutes later, another announcement airs stating that the 5:15 Georgetown train is going to arrive first, passengers are going to board, and THEN the 5:00 Richmond Hill train will immediately arrive, board and depart. Oh, and by the way, the delay was as a result of switch problems west of the city. Would all Richmond Hill passengers please move back to allow the Georgetown passengers to board.
- To top things off, the 5:30 Richmond Hill passengers start making their way to the platform as well. It's now 5:20 and I'm just getting on the train, which of course is packed.
- Yesterday morning I was standing at the Meadowvale GO station waiting for the 8:10 train, which they finally announced was going to be 9 minutes late at 8:11. Thanks for the heads up!
- I've been riding GO Transit now for over 3 years, and every single winter it's either switch problems or door problems -- things never change.
- I'd be upset, but then again how could any organization this size actually do things in an efficient and organized manner? After all, it is probably a substantially under-funded service.
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