Re: Express v. Stopping all Stations

["tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au>]

This is like comparing apples to pears (or watermelons to grapes!)

Tony Bailey


MiCRiC wrote in message <3974097A.C6709E35@senet.com.au>...
>
>I'm not sure that this is the only way to look at this situation..  I
>agree that long train rides stopiing all stations can be very
>frustrating.  I spent a week in Melbourne catching the train the whole
>way to Koonanook and can appriiate the situation.
>
>However, the need for express trains should be balenced against the fact
>that not all passengers are necessarily catching the train from the CBD
>to a hub station which express trains would be likely to stop at.
>
>A public transport system should provide the greatest number of
>passengers with the greatest opportunity to access the greatest number
>of locations, not just provide passengers with access to the CBD.  It
>should be remembered that only a small percentage of the population work
>in the CBD.
>
>Some of the worlds more sucessful urban train systems such as Torontos
>Subways (Not GO Transit Trains) and Vancourvers SkyTrain as have
>narrowly spaced stations without express trains.
>
>In the case of the Frankston line specifically, the service is very much
>as sburuban service an would probably be better served in a similar way
>to Perths Joondlup line with widely spaced stations and connecting buses
>to service local areas.  Unfortunatley this would seem to call for far
>more coordination between modes than any Victorian government seems
>capable of.
>
>My 2cents
>
>micric