Re: M>Train/ M>Tram leaflets handed out today

["Ben" <smithb@alphalink.com.au>]

"Ben" <smithb@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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> Today at Melbourne Central and I presume all other bayside stations they
> were handing out leaflets with information on the name change. Also seen
on
> top of aTVM on a Swanston tram.
>
> The laflet is titled "Thanks Melbourne You Told Us Where To Go".
>
> Inside it just goes on about what they want to do and that they have
> listened to our complaints. it also has pictures of new trains and trams.
> Most of the page is taken up with sample customer complaints eg "The seat
> was ripped", "They're not as late any more, but it could be better?"
>
> The back page has a picture of the new uniforms and a time line of
> improvements.
>
> Which are:
>
> Jan 2001
> -New Customer service staff on trams
>
> Feb 2001
> -Refurbished trains and trams start to apear
> -New types of tickets
> -225 "extra" train services per week
> -300 more tram services per week
>
> May 2001
> -New uniforms
> -$40 million train station improvement program begins
>
> June 2001
> -Real time tram information at stops and new "super stops to cater for low
> floor trams"
>
> From late 2001
> -First of 62 new trains start to appear
> -First of 59 new trams start to appear
>
> At least they picked a half decent colour scheme this time, green and blue
> with a dash of yellow.
>
> They have a new promotional site at:
> www.movingmelbourne.com

And I do mean Promotional, it says little more than what I summed up in this
post from their single little brochure.

 ~Ben Smith



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