Jeff Lindsay ([info]progrium) wrote,
@ 2008-06-03 22:51:00
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Caltrain sucked today
Just to recap my train experience today, as some may have seen on Twitter:

-Station was packed because the train was running 20 minutes late
-It was the baby bullet so it was going to be pretty packed on the train as well
-Even more packed... had fewer cars because a bunch broke/needed maintenance
-Train stopped before it got to South SF, engine broke
-Eventually the power went out, the generator broke
-They decided to have the next train behind us push our train
-It took forever and they had lots of technical difficulties
-When they hooked the power from their train to ours, it broke their power
-Power finally started coming back on, but would constantly go out
-Finally got us moving but at 30 mph
-Only last two cars could let people off at South SF, the desperate got off
-Slowly got to Millbrae where we were told to get off and catch the next few trains
-All following trains were up to 20 minutes late
-The next train was packed before it got there, but was the only limited stop train
-The following trains were all stops with no schedule, but at least there were seats
-Ultimately took 3 hours to get to Sunnyvale when it should have taken 50 minutes



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[info]elevatordown
2008-06-04 06:44 am UTC (link)
Maybe you should use the LOLLERCOASTER as your form of quick, long-distance mass transit transportation. I just rode it reading your post.

Yes, Jeff, I'm sorry. I found your three hours of misery amusing.

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[info]progrium
2008-06-04 06:57 am UTC (link)
I found it amusing too.

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