Attitude towards delays

[MOH]

Maybe Irish people are too willing to just put up with the poor punctuality on Iarnrod Eireann trains. Passengers in some other countries have a slightly more forceful attitude.

From today's Irish Times report on electricity shortages in South Africa:
"Angry commuters torched trains at four stations after being kept waiting for two hours due to a power cut"

[Mark Gleeson]

Not a very practical idea if you want to travel later

[constellation]

Heh. The result looks like the old orange paint scheme of IE

http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=688647
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa...162871,00.html

Their approach to the delay is reminiscent of IE: "Metrorail, in responding to the attack on the trains by angry commuters who burnt six Metrorail trains in Pretoria after power cuts delayed trains for more than two hours, said they were under no obligation to provide alternative transport."

[MOH]

Originally Posted by constellation

Heh. The result looks like the old orange paint scheme of IE

http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=688647
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa...162871,00.html

Their approach to the delay is reminiscent of IE: "Metrorail, in responding to the attack on the trains by angry commuters who burnt six Metrorail trains in Pretoria after power cuts delayed trains for more than two hours, said they were under no obligation to provide alternative transport."

That's interesting, the Irish Times article was all about power cuts due to lack of capacity, whereas it was actually the result of a storm.

Heh, you're right, the pic in the second link looks like they're in the middle of repainting from the CIE orange to the new green.

[zag]

South Africa is actually having systematic power cuts at the moment. We have a number of offices there and they have explained that over the last week or more the power grid has been switched off (or supply has been significantly lowered) for period of hours on end as the national grid tries to 'share out' the available power. Our offices have UPS facilities, but once they have been exhausted then the lights go out, the computers shut down and everyone just has to go home. The problem is 'grid wide' and not just related to a single transformer in a single location. To be honest it sounds like their infrastructure is going down the tubes. Can you imagine if Ireland was subject to random power outages like that for weeks at a time ?

z

[Mark Gleeson]

1980's man

[John Cleary]

Originally Posted by zag

South Africa is actually having systematic power cuts at the moment. We have a number of offices there and they have explained that over the last week or more the power grid has been switched off (or supply has been significantly lowered) for period of hours on end as the national grid tries to 'share out' the available power.

They've cut off supplies to Zambia and Zimbabwe.