Re: [Melb] Latest from Swanston trams bulletin board

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

Darn....route 16 and 8....the most popular route....

Can't they reduce the service on less demanding route rather then popular
route like 8 and 16?

Cheers
James



D. Lindstrom <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Posted: 23 Jun 2000
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> Service Alterations
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> W Class trams have been withdrawn from service to investigate safety
> concerns. This means that we have a shortage of trams. Despite a shortage
of
> trams we want to continue to operate as high level of service as possible
> for our customers.
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> Please note the following changes apply to WEEKDAY SERVICES ONLY.
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> Temporary Operations
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> Therefore, Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm, until further notice, the
following
> shuttle services will operate on routes 16 and 8 between:
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> ? Route 16 - St.Kilda Beach and St.Kilda Junction.
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> ? Route 8 - Toorak and Domain and St.Kilda Roads.
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> Passengers are asked to catch other service trams in Swanston Street and
St
> Kilda Road to make these connections.
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> Customer Assistance
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> Customer Service Employees will be at the following locations and will
> provide passenger assistance by providing direction and answering
questions.
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> Domain Road Interchange
> 7am to 7pm Where passengers will change for Route 8 shuttle connections.
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> St Kilda Junction
> 7am to 7pm Where passengers will change for Route 16 shuttle connections
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> Flinders Street Station
> 7am to 9am To advise customers of shuttle service.
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> Batman Ave
> 7am to 9am This stop will be closed between 7am and 9am. Customers should
> take trams from the tram stop outside St Pauls Cathedral.
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> St Pauls Cathedral
> 7am to 9am To advise customers of shuttle service.
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> La Trobe Street
> 7am to 9am and 3.30pm to 7pm Advising customers of shuttle service.
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> Melbourne University Shunt
> 3.30pm to 7pm Advising customers of shuttle service.
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> Bourke Street
> 3.30pm to 7pm Advising customers of shuttle service.
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> We would like to thank all customers for supporting these service
> alterations and temporary arrangements until we can be absolutely certain
> the w-class trams are safe to return to service.
> Swanston Trams apologisies for any inonvenience.
>
> Further updates about the W-Class safety investigation will be provided as
> soon as available.
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> Please note these changes apply to WEEKDAY SERVICES ONLY.
>
> Weekend services will operate as normal due to the fact that less trams
are
> in service in other routes and can be bought across to operate on the
routes
> 8 and 16.
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> For further information contact 131 638.
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