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| Subject: OZschwitz: Public transport disaster Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:27 pm | |
| AS MANY as 650,000 State Transit commuters were left stranded at bus stops across Sydney last year after about 9300 buses failed to show up. Traffic jams, driver shortages, mechanical faults and industrial action have been blamed.
Cancelled services rose 284 per cent in 2007-08 on the previous year, according to figures the Herald obtained from the Ministry of Transport last night.
The number of trips cancelled by the 13 private bus companies that service Sydney's fringes fell by only 45 compared with 2006-07; the number of government bus trips cancelled was 9293.
Taking into account the average busload of 70, the Herald has calculated that 650,000 people could have been affected.
The worst-hit area was around Castle Hill where 4079 buses were cancelled. The Randwick district suffered 2311 cancellations.
In a report, the Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator said it was concerned about the accuracy of the ministry's figures.
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