Re: Connex rail maps in refurbished cars

["Leon Kernan" <lkernan@hotmail.com>]

The last bayside timetables had printed:
Bayside Trains, part of the Met.

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> > Daniel Bowen wrote:
> > >
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > Connex and Bayside (and others) are in an alliance known as The Met.
In
> this
> > > alliance, they share tickets...
> >
> > "The Met"?  Boy, haven't used this term in the industry for a few years
> > now.  What exactly is "The Met" nowadays??  Nowadays, even the name,
>
> heh well, yeah, but you'll find it still says "The Met" above most train
> stations, and this is how most of the general public still thinks of it.
>
> > Public Transport Corporation (P.T.C.) is not used anymore.  The only
> > alliance I can see between Connex and Bayside is through Dept. of
> > Infrastructure (or the State Government of Victoria).
>
> I believe the PTC, as an organisation, doesn't actually exist anymore, is
> that right? In comparison, The Met was only ever a marketing name, wasn't
> it?
>
>
> Daniel
>
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