Re: Remove City Loop trains from Burnley group lines

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

"Peter" <railvic@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Mike Alexander wrote:
> > Well, apart from the fact that I (arbitrarily) excluded the Glen
Waverley
> > trains, yes. But, depending on which station you are at, you would know
> > which platform to go to to get the shortest trip. If you are at
Parliament,
> > you would go to the current Caulfield Platform (2), and get a train
direct
> > to Richmond, but if you were at Flagstaff, you may want to go to
Platform 4
> > and get a train the other way around. If the service was frequent
enough,
> > there wouldn't be the big panic there is now to get the "first" train.
The
> > thing that would be important would be the train that got there
quickest.
>
> Don't forget some customers already complaining about existing services,
> I can just imagine the complaint generated by the "musical platforms" in
> those loop stations.  The current loop platform setup is consistant and
> less confusing.

I agree, this idea sounds 10 times more confusing than the situation at
present. The last thing you want is for people to have to do a logic game to
figure out which platform to go to.

The whole point of the other proposals to stop reversing the loop direction
at 1pm is to simplify it for passengers.


Daniel
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