[Melb] Frankson expresses

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

This talk of Camberwell expresses got me looking at the new Frankston
timetable.

Although Frankston off-peak and weekend trains all run express South Yarra
to Malvern during daytime, for passengers between Glenhuntly and Highett,
there is now not a single express leaving the city in peak hour between
16:28 and 18:11. All the trains between these two stop at every station.

Morning peak is slightly better, with at least a few expresses, though the
frequencies after 8am jump to about every 15 minutes. And Bentleigh appears
to get an 8:06 express to Caulfield then to South Yarra.

So even accounting for waiting time, a peak hour trip is likely to be slower
than an off-peak trip.


Daniel
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