Re: [Melb] Cheap train fares dumped

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"David Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Cheap train fares dumped
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/01/03/FFXD0Z0GGHC.html
> By SUSHI DAS
> TRANSPORT REPORTER
> Wednesday 3 January 2001
>
> The operators of Melbourne's suburban train network have scrapped some of
> their cheapest concession fares, resulting in price increases of up to 50
> per cent for some passengers.

> Family tickets previously allowed all-day travel for two adults and up to
> six children for $19.90. For the same service, a family would now have to
> buy two standard daily tickets and six concession tickets costing a total of
> $40.

That's a 101% increase.

> Connex spokeswoman Felecia Marianai said: “There are too many different
> types of tickets. As a user you wouldn't know which one was most effective
> for you. So what we've decided to do is rationalise the tickets.
>
> “If you look at it from the perspective of any retailer, you cannot continue
> to keep products on your shelf that aren't moving,” she said.

Hardly an appropriate analogy. Tickets don't cost them bugger all or take up
any space.