RE: mel loop operation

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>]

And yet the loop was designed and built at a time when patronage was in free 
fall. Spending a fortune on infrastructure to increase capacity at a time 
when 
patronage is rapidly declining seems to me to be a dumb thing to do.

The legacy of it, though, is that we now have very few infrastructure 
impediments to providing a top quality service and attracting massive 
increases in patronage.

>===== Original Message From "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com> =====
>The City Loop was designed to overcome the bottleneck between Richmond and
>Flinders Street that developed over the years. Trains terminating at
>Flinders Street then reversing into the now non existent rail yards was the
>problem.
>
>The loop allowed trains to speed around the loop, terminate at Flinders
>Street then continue into the yards without a need to change ends, a saving
>of 2-3 minutes. Thus the capacity at Flinders Street was increased.

Vaughan Williams
Secretary
Public Transport Users Association
247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000
http://www.ptua.org.au