Southern Cross put bins on its concourse, however its 16 platforms remained inexplicably binless – till final week.
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Erin Steele was transferring between prepare traces at Southern Cross on Wednesday, and fortunately dumped an empty Sunkist can in one of many new recycling bins.
“[Without them] it’s a must to discover locations to place your rubbish, it’s a must to shove it into your backpack, or you want to double again exterior the platform and gates to discover a bin,” she mentioned.
“It’s in all probability an enormous a part of why there’s been a lot garbage left on trains.”
Bowen mentioned passengers typically left garbage piled up on prime of utility packing containers and different constructions on the platforms as a result of there have been no bins, contributing to a poor expertise for the practically 20 million passengers who use Southern Cross yearly.
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“It’s a small win, it’s a great win, however there in all probability are different extra critical points at Southern Cross,” he mentioned.
“There’s ongoing reliability issues with lifts and escalators; the diesel fumes are an ongoing challenge; and the data screens supplied for passengers are a unique fashion to each different station and infrequently not properly positioned.
“There are inconsistencies there, and I assume that’s associated to Southern Cross being privately managed,” he mentioned.
Civic Nexus, an arm of business superannuation funds administration big IFM Traders, gained a contract to redevelop the previous Spencer Road station in 2002 and can personal and run it till 2036.
A spokesperson for Civic Nexus mentioned the brand new garbage and recycling bins would “improve the amenity of the station and be welcomed by our commuters”, however wouldn’t be drawn on why prospects went so lengthy with out them.
A Division of Transport and Planning spokesperson mentioned upkeep and each day repairs of the bins was a part of Civic Nexus’ obligations below its contract.
