A packed South Coast train heading to Sydney sparked a lot of comments from readers.
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On Monday the Mercury reported on a Sunday afternoon train from Wollongong to Sydney that was standing room only.
On the Mercury’s Facebook page Ryan Benson suggested the Sunday afternoon Dragons-Sea Eagles match led to the overcrowding.
“It was also standing room only coming down on several trains hours before the game with only four-car sets allocated,” Mr Benson said.
“How hard is it to look at the NRL draw and add another four sets?”
Toni Ohrdorf suggested it wasn’t because of the Dragons game, because she had the same experience several Sundays earlier.
“My six-foot daughter ended up squashed over a suitcase for almost the entire journey,” Ms Ohrdorf said.
“It would be a wonderful resource for us if they had more carriages and trains running more often.”
For Rachel Little, the problem stemmed from a lack of carriages.
“There are far too many four-car trains in use seven days a week,” Ms Little said.
“The more complaints they take [on] 131500 – they do look into it but the complaints need to be made and keep doing it.”
If you are a commuter on public trains and have been for a long time you will know how bad our trains are.
- Brendan J Leach
Paul McAuley said there was nothing new in commuters standing from Wollongong to Sydney.
“It's been like this since the service started,” Mr McAuley said.
“I had to stand from Redfern to Albion Park after working a 9-5 job. That was 20 or so years ago.”
Brendan Leach said crowded trains were “old news”.
“If you are a commuter on public trains and have been for a long time you will know how bad our trains are,” Mr Leach said.
“The Kiama to Sydney train and the Sydney to Kiama train is too small to fit all the passengers that get on.”
Joel Murray spoke of the $2.60 travel cap on Sundays as “one gift horse we can’t look in the mouth”.
“Whinge too much about Sunday crowding and the reaction will be to raise the price or withdraw it completely,” Mr Murray said.