Re: [Melb] Fines for private operator hit $5.9m

["Mike Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

"Vaughan Williams" <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > Contrast Yarra Trams, which seem to make a much greater effort to
> > keep their vehicles presentable.
>
> You reckon?

Well apart from the #86 of course, which I think wins the gong for
Melbourne's dodgiest tram route.

Seriously though, as a non-regular user of Yarra services, I have been
particularly paying attention of late when I get on one of their trams, and
while not perfect, there does seem to be a marked difference (in Yarra's
favour) in the amount of internal graffiti.

The state of some of the Swanston trams has to be seen to be believed. It is
beyond me how a driver cannot see someone scrawling metre-wide letters on
the ceiling of a Z (assuming it happened while in service, but there's a lot
of it out there, so I'm guessing at least some of it must have). I mean, it
can't exactly have been a packed tram for someone to have the balls to do
that, and a Z is not a long tram. Or could it be (shock, horror) that the
drivers simply don't give a hoot about that sort of thing.


Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex @ bigfoot com)

>
> Maybe more than Swanston, but all four operators seem to have slipped
> in the cleanliness and graffiti removal stakes over the last several
> months.
>
> Yarra (who I use regularly) often seem to have graffiti more internally
> than externally and theres also often some old poorly removed graffiti
> (ie, its been wiped but its still there). I've also found syringes on
> trams twice and quite often seen pools of vomit or urine down the back
> of the tram. Am I just unlucky or can people confirm that these are
> common problems? I use the #86 mostly.
>
> A while ago I complained and some bloke from the depot rang me and said
> their cleaners were lazy and he'd talk to them but they'd probably
> missed cleaning the tram the night before, and that there was a serious
> problem with drug use on trains both in terms of syringes, vomiting and
> people od'ing (I've never seen anyone OD on a tram, but its probably
> only a matter of time...).
>
> Pre-privatisation whenever anyone threw up there was usually sand
> dumped on top of the mess, IIRC (?). Haven't seen that recently.
>
> Vaughan
>
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