Re: [VIC] New Swanston Timetables

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Mike Alexander" <malex @ bigfoot com> wrote in message
> 3a35e2e2@news.alphalink.com.au">news:3a35e2e2@news.alphalink.com.au...
> > * The 78 now only runs a 15-minute peak frequency, rather than the
> 12-minute
> > it used to have. All the posters on the trams make grand apologies about
> the
> > 16 & 69 having their peak frequencies reduced (from 10 to 12, I believe)
> due
> > to the lack of Ws, but no mention of this extremely inconvenient cutback
> to
> > the 78.
>
> Why is this "extremely" inconvenient? A 15 minute frequency is "extremely"
> easy to remember, certainly much easier to remember the times than a 12
> minute frequency. And it is only an extra 3 minutes between trams.

78 is one of the most unpredictable routes in Melbourne, because it runs
down Chapel Street, which suffers greatly from congestion. A reduction from
5 to 4 trams per hour probably isn't going to help the reliability or
waiting times very much.


Daniel
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