Here, you get Air conditioned cabins, comfortable seats etc., but for eg Dandenong to Flinders Street Station takes around 45 minutes
Just like SL, whether you get a seat or not, daily travelling to work for such duration or more sucks - even in a car it's the same feeling eventually
Further you live, less time you get to wind down after work - just imagine, how lucky are those farmers, who work in paddy fields around their dwellings..
There must be good reasons for trains to delay in SL
I believe it's those same old trains, with female names that still running in SL, in the coastal area
And given the budget constraints of a third world country, it might not make sense to upgrade those peak hour trains as they are fully packed, regardless - that train to Ella is a different story, I guess