South Coast commuter Jeremy Boulton is on a track of a different sort.
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The Illawarra opera singer has used his musical talent to write and record the song More Trains to help the Illawarra Rail Fail commuter group.
Rather than opt for opera, Mr Boulton wanted something “jumpy and catchy”.
“It’s a subconscious thing but the idea is that it chugs along like a train,” he said.
“It’s that sort of tempo and that was the idea behind the feel of it.
“I wanted to make it catchy, I wanted people to be able to engage with it straight away.”
Mr Boulton is a regular commuter, travelling to the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney.
“If I go to Martin Place and get a straight service it will take me an hour and 35 minutes but I copped a delay on the way home the other day and it added a half an hour to my trip.”
He got in touch with Bronwyn Batten from Illawarra Rail Fail and offered to write a campaign song.
“I wanted to get people on board with this campaign that we’re doing,” he said.
Ms Batten said the song and accompanying video offered a different way of getting their message across and keeping the issue in the spotlight.
“The way times have changed with technology, short videos are one one of the most catchy things we can have in terms of social media,” Ms Batten said.
“People’s attention is often first drawn to video and then images and text last. And this song has rally catchy tune, it really stays in your head.”
Ms Batten said she was encouraging people to share the video on their social media feeds and also complain to Transport Minister Andrew Constance "whenever they are faced with inadequate services”.
“We should not have to stand for an hour and a half, we should not have to wait for 20 minutes for a connecting train, every station should be accessible and it should not take an hour and a half to get to Central” Ms Batten said.