Rail strike will be monday 16th February and Wednesday 18th Feb, so there is no rail for 24 hours, Translink have released the info.

Here is the info.

ask any of your family/mate who dont know those info.

can't wait for the traffic

I have no idea what I'm going to do. The last rail strike I can remember was a couple of years back when I was working @ Telstra above Roma St station - That day it took me nearly 3hrs to get from Morayfield into Roma st.... Given my normal commute now is a 1hr train ride from Burpengary to Toowong, Driving/taking a bus to work on mon/wed will probably be a 3hr epic adventure in frustration.

JOY

Hrm...live in Bulimba, work at Toowong. I think I'll drive to Apollo Road so I can jump on at the start of the route and get myself a seat cause its gonna be PACKED!

live at salisbury, work at west end:

im predicting usual travel time of 20minutes wont be affected by train strike

im predicting usual travel time of 20minutes wont be affected by train strike

Except all of those extra people driving because they can't catch the trains.

I'll sit shielded from the traffic in my bubble of happiness with some music going and autohold enabled, for a bit longer than usual I spose

Wait this doesnt make sense, canberra doesnt even have trains

I predict that instead of 13min, I can make it to work in 11min.
I wont have to deal with the few cars driving to park at the Train station close to work. They'll be going another direction.

so, whats the strike for?

erh the drive into the valley will be an enjoyable one, and then home again, not to mention parking when I eventually get there.

Are they disputing the excessive pay they already get again?

Oh geez, danm. I'm predicting that my commute on Monday will go from 70 minutes to 70 minutes.

Besides. We've already had enough calcellations in Melbourne this summer to last us a year.

so, whats the strike for?

i think its something to do with working weekends.

so, whats the strike for?

who cares

Oh great......... :/

Except all of those extra people driving because they can't catch the trains.

i can rat run and avoid main roads if i need to, my trip will still be 20 mins

lol at striking in an economic downturn; I know at least 2000 miners who would love to take their jobs

i can rat run and avoid main roads if i need to, my trip will still be 20 mins

Yeah, cause nobody else is gonna think of that one!

lol at striking in an economic downturn; I know at least 2000 miners who would love to take their jobs

2000 miners with 4 plus years of training plus on the job experience... no way..

lol at striking in an economic downturn; I know at least 2000 miners who would love to take their jobs

beaten

lol at striking in an economic downturn; I know at least 2000 miners who would love to take their jobs

Maybe they should. Alas the rail union would have something to bitch about that then too.

hmm M1 and Coro will be le gay.

I might work via VPN :)

not really, if my employees didn't turn up to work I'd fire their asses
how do you expect to keep your job if you strike and s***

teq, ur a douche.

yeah I'm a douche because I have a work ethic
if I didn't like my job or thought I wasn't paid enough, I'd just go get a new job.

douche.

This whole strike is f***ing stupid. If the RBTU and Locomotive Drivers Union don't want to work Sundays they should open QR up for casual and part-time train staff. The main reason there is a lack of services on the network during non-peak times is due to a lack of drivers not rolling stock.

The unions bitch that their sundays are being taken away yet fight tooth and nail to keep their little boys-club of train staff from being 'invaded' by non-FT drivers/guards.

not really, if my employees didn't turn up to work I'd fire their asses
how do you expect to keep your job if you strike and s***

*sigh* really...

seriously, someone try to explain (justify?) to me how striking is in their best interests.

This is pathetic. If I was the mayor, I would just ban Queensland Rail from doing business in Brisbane for a period long enough to dry up their capital. That is a lot of money they would lose. Good. I hate Queensland Rail and it's employees SOOOO much. They treat all of their customers as though they have stolen something. I have never heard a QR employee speak in a normal tone, or with any semblence of manners. Pretty crap when there is no 'alternative' train service for people who are definitely not stealing.

Also as Mayor I would ban all business being conducted by Brisbane residents until the tunnels are built and roads are fixed. It is beyond a joke. That means no buying of food or petrol, or anything. Stop what you're doing, and fix the roads first.

Got a problem with that? Grab a shovel and help.

f*** train drivers man.

Its a f***ing joke that they miss the red lights or whatever, and are attempting to reduce the number that are run on a regular basis. Apparently the reason is because the driver is asleep or making coffee or some s***, f***en asleep while driving a train.

How can they justify running even one...

how about this
the train drivers strike
and QR brings in ex-mining workers trained-up(lol) in dubai
and then there's a picket line so these workers can't get to the trains
and patricks QR just look like giant pricks

f*** all the train drivers and replace them with computers.

I mean it can't be too hard to keep the thing on the tracks.

and then there's a picket line so these workers can't get to the trains

I have never understood why its so bad to cross picket lines
honestly if you're between me and somewhere I need to be, you better step the f*** off !@!@!@!@ cause tequila will e-thug you


but seriously, whats supposed to be so bad about crossing someone elses picket line, do you go to hell or something?
and like, what if you don't give a f*** about what ever they're picketing about, why do they expect us to care at all?

I use to cross picket lines at the time on the way to Uni.
f***ed if i'm going to let a dirty hippy interupt my day.

settle down you lot of plonkers, I was talking to a rail worker at Roma St last night and he said the ones that wanted to work could come in, so not all services are going to be fauxed, just most.

Thermite needs a chill pill.
Let me guess, a ticket seller was rude to you one time? boohoo

i wanna get a train home drunk at all hours of the night. This means they need to work weekends. They need to learn to deal

lol at striking in an economic downturn; I know at least 2000 miners who would love to take their jobs

personally?

personally?

1 call 50 lebs

Its been called off for both days, business as usual.

f***ers.. how dare they cancel my two days of... er, Good stuff! no delays!

yeah.. that's it