Re: Box Hill Tram update

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

>From what I observed of passenger patterns when I used it, it is a transport
interchange - just a badly designed one.


Daniel
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"Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in message
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> Box Hill Central never was a transport interchange: this was just a name
> used so that a shopping centre could get the land.
> The buses are separated from the trains.
> Traffic chaos is so bad that many buses don't call there:
> VLine Mansfield ones; Ringwood to airport ones.
> As noted, the tram won't go there either.
> At an early public meeting, there was support for an extension to
> Middleborough Rd.
> At an earlier stage, the owning company hinted its desire to extend via
> Tram Rd to Doncaster Shoppingtown.
>
> --
> Regards
> Roderick Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
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