Re: [NSW] - hilarious SMH article

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

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
> > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > 39D9B442.B3D8E798@ozemail.com.au">news:39D9B442.B3D8E798@ozemail.com.au...
> > > Dave Proctor wrote:
> > > > Less frequent and bigger - get rid of R sets, make all trains 8
cars,
> > but at
> > > > slightly less frequencies. If they do not have enough cars to give
some
> > > > lines 15 minute frequencies, give them a 20 minute frequency
instead.
> > >
> > > 20 minute timetables don't work.
> >
> > Why not?
>
> Memory timetable is lost.  15/30 minute timetables are much more popular.

I find 20 minute timetables much easier to remember than 15 minutes. Of
course, I prefer 15 minutes since the typical waiting time is shorter if I
haven't checked the train time before going to the station.


Daniel
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