The Daily Telegraph revealed an ‘exclusive’ today that up to 60 train stations are undermanned and some stations have been closed because there are no staff to the run them.
Cityrail has ensured commuters safety will not be jeopardised with no staff member on the platform. Is big brother watching or something?
Morris Iemma and our State Government have an obligation to every citizen of New South Wales to have a staff member at every station. Would you feel safe at a quiet unmanned station?
Rail Corp, Cityrail and the NSW Government need to get their act together and make stations safe. Stations are a perfect location for crime, attacks, dare I even say murder.
With a public transport system in a mess, the Iemma Government can ill-afford to have this fiasco hanging over its head. Install new workers now, raise their pay rates if you must but don’t compromise commuters safety at your own expense and cost-cutting measures.
I assume cost cutting and scaling back the employment of Cityrail and Rail Corp will have occurred in the ticket inspector department too. When the Government weighs up what will create more revenue, a staff member at a railway station or a train cop checking tickets and writing fines?
Surely rationalising commuters safety is not in the public interest Mr Iemma – fix it!
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