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Re: Conductors on buses - good idea?
- Subject: Re: Conductors on buses - good idea?
- From: Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 04:45:38 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.transport,aus.rail
- Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
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> Umm, Melbourne's trams got rid of their conductors a couple of years
> ago. Drivers no longer sell tickets (which they did on some lines that
> got rid of conductors off-peak). Passengers are meant to validate
> pre-purchased tickets in a machine. Of course, many don't, so the
trams
> are free now!
Which is one of the reasons conductors are needed
> When the modern trams had a conductor's desk, everyone had to board by
> the front door anyway, causing huge delays especially at city stops in
> peak periods.
Only the Z's had that, and everybody knew it was a bad design.
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