Re: [VIC] New Swanston Timetables

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > * 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.

Unless they operate the service with the same number of trams, and
increasing journey times.

Dave