Re: [MELB] City Loop issues

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

"John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Trams are much faster than trains in the CBD. You don't have to walk down
> miles of steps or escalators to get to them, and they run along most

I'd agree, except for trips from one end of the CBD to the other, where even
taking into account the extra walking to the train, the train would be
faster (eg Parliament to Spencer Street in the morning, or back the other
way in the evening).

> streets. To say that trams are crowded is just not the case, compared to
> years ago when you could buy a 10 cent City Section ticket.

The trams on Collins and Bourke Streets *do* get very crowded at weekday
lunchtimes.

> The city circle train could never compete with trams even before that
silly
> city circle tram came into existence. But it does serve all the city
railway
> stations.

But not at peak hour.


Daniel
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