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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> > > > * 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.

Yes - if we could check the timetable (it's not online yet) we might find
there's x number of trams used all day, with journey times getting longer in
the peaks.

Route 69 is a more-or-less parallel suburban route which also uses a very
congested shopping street (Glenferrie Road), but it gets better service, in
part because it serves upteen schools in Caulfield, Malvern, Toorak,
Hawthorn and Kew.


Daniel
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