Re: Express v. Stopping All Stations

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

> 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.


Completely agree.

However express trains can be planned so that they do offer a
reasonably convenient trip to along-the-line destinations.

For Frankston as an example, a train could stop all stations to
Cheltenham where there would be another train in the third platform.
The first train then goes express to caulfield and a minute after it
leaves the other train can stop all stations (giving 9 minutes, with
PTUA ideal frequencies, before the next express reaches Cheltenham).

Hence a trip to the intermediate stations can be provided almost as
conveniently as a SAS train does while considerable time is saved for
passengers heading closer to the city.

> 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
>


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