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RE: [MELB] City Loop issues
- Subject: RE: [MELB] City Loop issues
- From: Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:22:07 -0400
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
- Sender: Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:34306
Hmm. Nothing about that went through the PTCCC, and I haven't seen any
myself,
nor can I find anything on the website about them.
Youre sure theyre not morning peak trains that came in from Epping/Eltham
and
are terminating at flinders?
>===== Original Message From Stacy <sjudin@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> =====
>Bryan,
>
>I must say I haven't seen any city circles - but if what you say is
>correct then I am very happy. I would hope though, that if services are
>existant now, they haven't just put them in while the tram shortage is
>present. The city circle tram really is for a different purpose than the
>train was/is!! I'm sure people will agree with me on this one.
>
>Stacy.
>
>Bryan Cullis <spanky81@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>> "Stacy" <sjudin@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
>> 3acbd52c@mercury.its.rmit.edu.au">news:3acbd52c@mercury.its.rmit.edu.au...
>>> Why isn't city circle train reinstated. I know the tram was introduced at
>>> a similar time that the train was axed, but it is so much slower, crowded,
>>> inconvinient etc.
>
>> Actually, I believe it is. Over the past several weeks, I have been at
>> Melbourne Central and seen City Circle trains passing through. The
monitors
>> themselves had "CITY CIRCLE" on them and the stations listed were
>> "Flagstaff, Spencer Street and Flinders Street" on them.
>
Vaughan Williams
Secretary
Public Transport Users Association
247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000
http://www.ptua.org.au