Re: When is a V/Line stn not a V/line stn.

["Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com>]

I read somewhere on this NG (I think) that the section of line in question
has been transferred to BS.

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Eric
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Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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| boxy@bigpond.net.au (Andrew Box) wrote in
| <51SR4.15549$v85.100271@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:
|
| >I went to complain about the State of Sydenham stn today to the V/Line
| >stn master at Spencer St and they told me that it was not there station,
| >it was a "Met stn", after I told them that the met doesn't exist any
| >more they corrected themselves and called it a Bayside trains stn.
|
| I have my doubts here, but assuming that is the case, it is because it's
an
| interurban station, i.e. covered by a standard Met ticket. V/Line do not
| handle the fare system for this station in this case.
|
| >If you don't know Sydenham stn, it is the nxt stn beyond St Albans and
| >is not electrified.  The stn sign on the road states it as "V/Line
| >Sydenham Stn".  I was just wondering are there any more Bayside/Hillside
| >stns around masquerading as V/Lines?
|
| If the above really is the case, then look at any Bayside map for stations
| that use a zone 2 or 3 fare. AFAIK, the Stony Point line is owned/operated
| by Bayside Trains, but the rollingstock & motive power & running staff is
| contracted to V/Line Pass (fancy that, contracted to yourself, read
| National Express is the parent company of both operators). Complicated
huh?
|
| THEN, there's the GST, but that's another story, and this isn't the
| newsgroup (:
|
| Regards
|
| Michael