Re: Yarra Trams to change routed

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

>From what I understand, the Southbank drivers are getting trained on Zs, as
well as the West Preston route. The Zs will then move to routes 11/12, and
Bs currently on route 12 will move to route 86.

Routes 11/12 will be joined on weekdays, probably with extra Collins Street
shuttles at peak times. On weekends and evenings they will run separately as
they are now.

I'm not sure how they think they're going to save any trams if they run a
combined route 11/12 plus Collins Street shuttles... though I suppose
shuttles would have a quicker turnaround time, giving more efficient use of
the trams.


Daniel
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"James Brook" <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Vaughan Williams wrote:
> >
> > Agree... running Z's on the 86 is annoying. They cut the service
> > frequency when the brought in the B's on the basis of their higher
> > capacity. The B's are crowded enough in peak hour and often at other
> > times as it is.
>
> The Z's are ok in the off peak times, but in the peak times they are far
> too small for such a long route. I wondered why the number of Z's had
> increased on route 86, now I know why. Yesterday on the way from
> Thornbury to Bundoora at around 1200, I was in a Z class tram and I
> counted 3 others heading towards the city. On the way back from Bundoora
> around 1700, I was in a B2 and I counted 5 others heading towards
> Bundoora. BTW, I don't know the numbers of the trams so most of the
> trams I saw coming back were probably the same ones as in the morning. I
> do know that 5 were different because one of the ones on the way back
> was in an advertising livery. The ones in the morning, including the one
> I was on were all painted in the standard met livery.
>
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