Re: [MELB]Early sunday trains

["Johann Fan" <jyf-x@optusnet.com.au>]

I think you mean 7:34am arrival at Flinders St on the tram. but I guess it
was closer to 8:34am by the time you got there =)

cheers
Johann

Paul Hambleton <P.Hambleton@bom.gov.au> wrote in message
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> A few weeks ago I had to start work in the city on a Sunday at 7:45 am -
not
> that early surely. The building owner was turning the power off for
repairs
> and computer gear doesn't like that sort of thing. With my monthly Metcard
> ready, I checked the timetable on the Alamein line only to discover that I
> couldn't get to Flinders St. before 8:00 am.
> Checked the East Burwood tram timetable - first tram leaves Warrigal Rd.
at
> 7:01 to arrive at Flinders St. at 8:34 am. Way to go - except, would you
> believe it - some goose stacks his car in Riversdale Rd. and we are held
up
> for 20 mins while the emergency services hose down the road.
> Next time, it will have to be the car. Damn!
> Paul Hambleton
>
> "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> > I don't believe this to be the case - the first trains leave suburban
> > termini around 7am, arriving in the city 8am. Exceptions were made on
the
> > weekend of the Avalon Airshow and the Grand Prix, when earlier trains
ran.
> >
> > I certainly don't believe they would be running extra trains regularly
> that
> > have little chance of substantial patronage, and are not advertised!
> >
> >
> > Daniel
> > --
> > Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> > dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> > Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/
> >
> >
> > "Stacy" <sjudin@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
> > 3ab0c8d0@mercury.its.rmit.edu.au">news:3ab0c8d0@mercury.its.rmit.edu.au...
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > does M Train now run earlier sunday morning services (as in start
times
> > > similar to Mon-Sat)? Their november timtable shows late start times,
but
> > > a friend told me that outbound trains now leave Flinders St from about
5
> > > or 6am...
> > >
> > > thanks guys.
> >
> >
>
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