Got a laugh on the train today into Melbourne

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

On the train as we approached Richmond station on the way to Flinders street Station the Train driver announced that passengers wanting to board other trains etc etc, but after that it was like he was an airline pilot. Thanking us all for travelling Metro and the like then said" I hope you are having a better day than I am, this morning my wife asked what he wanted for lunch?
to which he replied "I wouldn't mind something hot for lunch today".
Any way he went on to say he just opened his lunch box and saw a couple of sandwiches with only mustard on them.
He told us this was not exactly what he had in mind.

The carriage I was in burst into hysterical laughter.:D:D:D:D

Ah it made the trip so much more enjoyable, at least some one had a sense of humour. Good on him!:)

[nicho]

i work on the rail co-ordinating protection for track works and i can tell you that i have never really in 7 years on the job run into a train driver with a decent sense of humour, he is obviously a new recruit. And i think i would have burst into tears of laughter at that comment.
On the train as we approached Richmond station on the way to Flinders street Station the Train driver announced that passengers wanting to board other trains etc etc, but after that it was like he was an airline pilot. Thanking us all for travelling Metro and the like then said" I hope you are having a better day than I am, this morning my wife asked what he wanted for lunch?
to which he replied "I wouldn't mind something hot for lunch today".
Any way he went on to say he just opened his lunch box and saw a couple of sandwiches with only mustard on them.
He told us this was not exactly what he had in mind.

The carriage I was in burst into hysterical laughter.:D:D:D:D

Ah it made the trip so much more enjoyable, at least some one had a sense of humour. Good on him!:)

[Scouse]

I'm sure most Sydney train announcers have a sense of humour.

They certainly sound funny anyway ;).

[vnx205]

I'm sure most Sydney train announcers have a sense of humour.

They certainly sound funny anyway ;).

Perhaps they think it is funny to make an announcement like, "AbMumbleMumbleMumbleton Next Stop"

I don't find that helpful. Maybe they find it amusing.:twisted:

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Perhaps they think it is funny to make an announcement like, "AbMumbleMumbleMumbleton Next Stop"

I don't find that helpful. Maybe they find it amusing.:twisted:
Yeah we got that on the return trip from flinders street. I guy announcing was an ex Mumbai call centre employee.
We spoke english very good, he learn't it from a book. With a headskaking Hindi accent.:mad:

[drivesafe]

Hi nicho, you just haven’t met the right drivers.

When I was driving in Sydney, I had a ball and I made the job a ball.

Scouse, I can remember being on 23 platform at Central one Saturday, before pre recorded announcements, and the platform attendant, in a European accent, gets on the PA as a train stops at the platform and announces, “Passenger on platform 23 pleaseA leaveA thisA train as thisA train exterminates”

As to driver humour.

On another day at Central, I was waiting on platform 22 to changeover with a driver on an East Hills run.

It should have been the next train in but they made an announcement informing everybody that the East Hills train was running late and the next train would be a Bankstown circle train.

I hated warring the drivers uniform and always wore civies.

Anyway, the guy standing next to me, not knowing I was a driver, started mumbling about how the trains were always late.

We got into a conversation about nothing much and talked till the East Hills train pulled up.

His jaw dropped as I walked into the drivers cab instead of the passenger section.

Now in those days the East Hills line still ended at East Hills and all but two stations on that line had the entrance to the station at the back of out going trains.

As this guy got in the front of the train I figured he was getting out at one of the only two stations that had their entrance at the front of out going trains, and thats either Beverley Hills or East Hills.

Once I took over the train I drove it flat out between each stopping station to try to catch up the time, which was easy to do on the East Hills line.

By the time we got to Beverley Hills, I had made up all the lost time.

As I pulled up I raced over and opened the drivers door on the platform side. Sure enough there was the guy getting out of the train.

I shouted out to him, “There you go mate, right on time for you”

Well the guy went up the stairs looking like king***** with everybody else looking at him.

[nicho]

i must admit i did have a Vline driver acknowledge me on the track with the shave and a hair cut toot on the wistle that brought a smile to my face but those sort of drivers are few and far between here mate most need a decent holiday and some smile pills. But then again with so many "intruders" these days i guess their job is getting more stressfull. The suicide fence on the westgate bridge has pushed them onto the rail network instead. I have thought of applying to be a driver but dont know how i would handle that side of it!
Hi nicho, you just haven’t met the right drivers.

When I was driving in Sydney, I had a ball and I made the job a ball.

Scouse, I can remember being on 23 platform at Central one Saturday, before pre recorded announcements, and the platform attendant, in a European accent, gets on the PA as a train stops at the platform and announces, “Passenger on platform 23 pleaseA leaveA thisA train as thisA train exterminates”

As to driver humour.

On another day at Central, I was waiting on platform 22 to changeover with a driver on an East Hills run.

It should have been the next train in but they made an announcement informing everybody that the East Hills train was running late and the next train would be a Bankstown circle train.

I hated warring the drivers uniform and always wore civies.

Anyway, the guy standing next to me, not knowing I was a driver, started mumbling about how the trains were always late.

We got into a conversation about nothing much and talked till the East Hills train pulled up.

His jaw dropped as I walked into the drivers cab instead of the passenger section.

Now in those days the East Hills line still ended at East Hills and all but two stations on that line had the entrance to the station at the back of out going trains.

As this guy got in the front of the train I figured he was getting out at one of the only two stations that had their entrance at the front of out going trains, and thats either Beverley Hills or East Hills.

Once I took over the train I drove it flat out between each stopping station to try to catch up the time, which was easy to do on the East Hills line.

By the time we got to Beverley Hills, I had made up all the lost time.

As I pulled up I raced over and opened the drivers door on the platform side. Sure enough there was the guy getting out of the train.

I shouted out to him, “There you go mate, right on time for you”

Well the guy went up the stairs looking like king***** with everybody else looking at him.

[nicho]

lmao " Hello I am English i learned it From a booook" Mr Faulty says you are hideious oorangutang... Love that show thanks for the triggering the mind i have to buy that series
Yeah we got that on the return trip from flinders street. I guy announcing was an ex Mumbai call centre employee.
We spoke english very good, he learn't it from a book. With a headskaking Hindi accent.:mad:

[87County]

I'm sure most Sydney train announcers have a sense of humour.

They certainly sound funny anyway ;).

... that's because it's all pre-recorded down there in the big smoke

[p38arover]

i work on the rail co-ordinating protection for track works and i can tell you that i have never really in 7 years on the job run into a train driver with a decent sense of humour, he is obviously a new recruit. And i think i would have burst into tears of laughter at that comment.

For the last 7 years until June last year (when I retired) I was a signaller on Sydney's network, mainly working the Blue Mountains line in Springwood and Katoomba Signal Boxes.

I've had many a funny conversation with drivers over the radio. After a while you get to know a lot of the drivers and their voices. A few were sour buggers but, in the main, they were pretty good. Ditto with the drivers and guards who'd drop into the boxes to get hot water for a cuppa or just to wait for their train. I was touched when quite a few drivers (both passenger and freight), having heard I was retiring that day, called up on the radio to wish me well and to ask about having a drink.

[drivesafe]

Hi again nicho, to be honest, it doesn't surprise me that you strike a lot of Asshole drivers these days.

It’s been nearly 25 years since I was on the job and even back then the rot was starting to set in.

Back then, I was that rapt in trains that I would have happily gone to work and driven trains without being paid. I loved them and the job.

This is most definitely not the case now, it’s just crap conditions and no incentive or support what so ever.

My best mate is still working for ****irail and whenever I ring him at work, he doesn't answer by saying hello or something like that.

He answers with “3 years, 4 months and 7 days to go” thats when he retires.

[nicho]

Mate I've gotta say I love my job and never thought i would ever work on the rail and now i cant see myself working anywhere else. The big problem i have is choice there are so many areas of employment on the rail and i have made myself quite well known even though i work for a contractor. The time will come when i will have to choose city or country and move to the government run side of the rail,its just gonna be hard to choose. Once your on the rail you never leave even after you leave. I'm sure you know what i mean.
Hi again nicho, to be honest, it doesn't surprise me that you strike a lot of Asshole drivers these days.

It’s been nearly 25 years since I was on the job and even back then the rot was starting to set in.

Back then, I was that rapt in trains that I would have happily gone to work and driven trains without being paid. I loved them and the job.

This is most definitely not the case now, it’s just crap conditions and no incentive or support what so ever.

My best mate is still working for ****irail and when ever I ring him at work, he doesn't answer by saying hello or something like that.

He answers with “3 years, 4 months and 7 days to go” thats when he retires.

[drivesafe]

Once your on the rail you never leave even after you leave.

No exactly what your saying and from my experience, the choice between city and country is easy.

If your under 40 then country running was great but it use to mean sometimes being away for up to 24 hours at a time, not sure if it’s the same now days.

My personal like was suburban running. Even though it was shift work, I could still look up what I was doing 12 months in advance, plus I was home every night and it was a lot cleaner work.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Perhaps they think it is funny to make an announcement like, "AbMumbleMumbleMumbleton Next Stop"

I don't find that helpful. Maybe they find it amusing.:twisted:Heard at Stanmore some years ago, (about the last time I attempted to catch a suburban train).

"The train currently passing on the outer track was supposed to be arriving on Platform 2, lets see if they can point the next one onto the correct track!"

[p38arover]

Heard at Stanmore some years ago, (about the last time I attempted to catch a suburban train).

"The train currently passing on the outer track was supposed to be arriving on Platform 2, lets see if they can point the next one onto the correct track!"

We have to run trains over all tracks to do rail cleans. I used to get complaints from station staff at Katoomba when I did it. They reckoned it confused the public when I started the same train out of the same (Down) platform every morning - it just wasn't the usual platform from which most Up trains started.

[nicho]

Suburban much quieter than the country trains although the newer velocity trains they run here are much quieter than the old N classes. And i think its easier to get into suburban trains than it is Vline trains and i wold never even contemplate freight.
No exactly what your saying and from my experience, the choice between city and country is easy.

If your under 40 then country running was great but it use to mean sometimes being away for up to 24 hours at a time, not sure if it’s the same now days.

My personal like was suburban running. Even though it was shift work, I could still look up what I was doing 12 months in advance, plus I was home every night and it was a lot cleaner work.

[drivesafe]

Suburban much quieter than the country trains although the newer velocity trains they run here are much quieter than the old N classes. And i think its easier to get into suburban trains than it is Vline trains and i wold never even contemplate freight.

Yep, suburbans would be my choice.

It’s not only a good job ( or at least it was ) but as above, I had a ball driving suburbans and you can make it interesting ( read FUN ) for yourself.

I liked it when things went wrong.

Like your running late and as you pull into any of the underground stations in peak period there is always that brief case totting suited ****** or two, up near the end of the platform near the front of the train, who point to and/or taps his watch as you pull up.

Paybacks a bitch.

In my time, if a train failed and had to be removed from service, to keep time tables, they would take an 8 car set and divide into two 4 car sets. One running its original run and the other covering the failed train’s running.

Now all these lovely office workers catch the same train every day and they stand in the same spot everyday so they are right in front of the same carriage door everyday.

But then there are those days when their 8 car set has been substituted with a 4 car set which stops 2 cars short of the end of the platform. AND THEN the same ******* realise they have to run back along the platform to catch their precious ride home.

Lets see them tap their frigen watches now.