The cattle crush of commuters trying to cope with the crowds HAIRDRESSER Elena Camelin can put up with afternoon crush at Town Hall each day - it's the late-running trains and track work that really frustrate her. The 18-year-old commutes between Tempe and Willoughby, swapping to and from the bus at either Town Hall or Wynyard. Town Hall is just like any station in the city. They all get overcrowded in the afternoon when people finish work," Ms Camelin said. They're old and there's not much you can do about them. The state government needed to improve the reliability of the system, she said. During a recent North Shore Line closure the crowds waiting for replacement buses at Wynyard were so thick the 160cm-tall woman had to stand on the bus stop seats to try to see whether her bus had arrived. "At first I couldn't even get to the bus stop it was so overcrowded," she said. She said she only felt uneasy on trains when drunk or drug affected people got on the train. "I've had a few awkward and bad experiences on the train where people have come up to me and just started talking to me when they don't know me," she said. Madeline Krensler, 22, from Lewisham said she sought the safety of others when waiting at Central. "When it's late at night and people are on drugs I feel unsafe," she said.