Seems like the public service really does want to eradicate the present government. It's the usual "Sir Humphrey Appleby" chain of events that dissatisfied senior departmental officers like to roll out in sequence, by cutting back services or limiting access or generally creating mischief in order to gain some sort of muscle over their supposed political overlords.

Why ordinary citizens - who just want a safe, reliable and affordable public transport system - need to be embroiled in the political bickering of these egotistical megalomaniacs baffles many people, until the obvious truth becomes patently apparent. That truth is that none of these sods cares. The public is a "plaything", a means to an end, the malleable putty that can be moulded to follow whatever cause these manipulators think we're gullible enough to fall for.

I guess it doesn't really matter that much when it comes to State Rail's Mountains service, because rail already only caters to those locals who can't manage to use a car instead - so it's no real biggie. It's just a confirmation of how much incompotence has infiltrated the ranks of the very organisations that could do with even the smallest amount of competence if they're to avoid total and irrevocable decay given the current economic circumstances.

There's probably plenty of Mountains dwellers who'd take any work they could get if it was offered to them - even if it was manning these stations... but, employing willing workers would be the sort of intitiative that might give people hope that our governments do actually take notice, and we can't have the citizenry deluding themselves into believing such "Tom-Foolery".

Next thing you know, the proletariat will begin to think that they have a role in determining who becomes the government! What deluded impertinence. It seems instead, like a mighty good time to join the ranks of the vandalisers of public property.

It mightn't pay well being a vandalistic hoodlum, but at least there's now less likelihood that anyone is gonna try and stop willful and wanton destruction of SRA property! Yippee! Where's my sledgie?! No need for a balaclava, just something to cover the lenses of the surveillance cams that are so beloved of them what haven't got the guts to actually try and prevent things by actually having a presence! That ought to give any fool passenger the "ride of a lifetime" experience when they turn up at a platform where I'm exercising my right to wave a sledgie around, and if they want to say anything - they might just get a sledgie sandwich for their troubles. Who wouldn't want to travel by train eh?

One thing is certain the travelling public in the Mountains will be the ones to suffer. Don't leave anything behind on a train, there will be no one to find it, dress properly because there will be no waiting rooms open to shelter in, go to the toilet before you catch the train otherwise you will be using the septics on the train (if you are desperate enough and have had your shots). It's a safe bet the local members won't do too much because they are in reality political nobodies. You will have to get used to the help points because no one will be there to help you or your kids in the event of dramas on the platforms. And finally say goodbye to any station gardens because there will be no time to maintain them and Railcorp will remove them so the mountains stations will be as atractive as Penrith station.