Oh Ye of Little Faith

[stephbg]

Not very many people at all on the train this morning. I suspect a few people hedged their bets that the new system would function properly first go.



Switches, barriers, announcements (kind of - they haven't figured out the proper definition of "Perth station"). The new tunnels make interesting sounds, like the cries of a thousand lost souls. I haven't been through Subi for a while so I'm not sure if it's the same as there. A curious way, however, to wake up on a Monday morning.

I stayed on until the new Esplanade station just to see if it was handier to the office, which it wasn't. The distance is about the same but the walk along the Terrace is incredibly dull and bleak compared to cutting through the West End from the main station. Food, pretty dresses, books, toys, all significantly missing from the Terrace.

The best entertainment was watching the hesitation from everyone as they got off at the new stations. Heads swivelled in all directions like a herd of deer vaguely sensing danger from an unknown direction.

Comments

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Yeah it sounds like Subi as well, the wheels of the train grinding very slightly as they try to cope with the angle of descent.

I had my nose in a PSP until the train stopped and only realised I'd arrived at the magical "Perth Underground" station when I stepped off the train into Narnia.

[krjalk.livejournal.com]

It's a fair slog from the underground station back to the other platforms to catch a connecting train. I assume that the Freo line will also end up at the underground once the sunken tracks thing is completed, but at the moment it's not exactly super convenient.

[fred-mouse.livejournal.com]

oooh, jealous. I WANT TRAIN. *sob*. Or at least to play in the tunnels. mmmm, tunnels.

(I'm thinking that those few early years in Sydney must have had more of an effect than I would have thought)