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Re: [Melb] Tram fare cheats get ultimatum

Subject: Re: [Melb] Tram fare cheats get ultimatum
From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:02:02 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
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"Railvic" <railvic@primus.com.au> wrote in message
3A3FFE41.4E218AEF@primus.com.au">news:3A3FFE41.4E218AEF@primus.com.au...
> Free public transport means no public transport, because it is simply
> not possible to run them without any revenue, unless taxpayer is willing
> to foot every bill (we may have to increase tax in order to achieve
> this?).  For example, each saloon window for Melbourne trains costs
> about $1,500 each.  You don't have to have many of them damaged before
> running up a multi-million dollar bill just on saloon windows ...

I have just been told by someone from Connex that they cost about $600.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
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