Re: [Sydney] Light Rail into the CBD?

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Bradley Torr" <truenorth@one.net.au.SPAMTRAP> wrote in message
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> Ted Gay <tedgay@bigpond.com> wrote in article
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> > $4.50 is the return fare, $1.40 is a single, nice comparison!
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> Ahem. Oops. Though surely the single must be more than that? What's the
> point of having a return ticket that is more than thrice the value of the
> single? I think you mean $2.40?

You said, I said , you said etc!
You said in an earlier post the bus fare was $1.40 and the tram fare was
$4.50, I tried to point out that you were comparing a single bus fare with a
return tram fare, please pay attention!
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> > There is no equivalent of the TravelTen available for the tram but how
> much
> > is the bus weekly, the Red TravelPass?  Please compare like with like.
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> The Red TravelPass includes unlimited travel across a vast area on three
> modes - STA bus, CityRail and STA ferry. A Red TravelPass and an SLR
Weekly
> Pass are certainly *NOT* like with like! Rather, for the purpose of a
> commuter from Lilyfield to Haymarket who has two choices - one tram trip
or
> one bus trip each way - the SLR Weekly Pass and a Red TravelTen are 'like
> with like' - though the Weekly Pass does have the added value of unlimited
> travel along the one tram route within the week, so it can be used for
> leisure trips on weekends or on weekdays outside of commuting.
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Very few regulars travel Lilyfield to Haymarket, to Central yes, and they
are at the entrance to the platforms, no long walk from Railway Square .
Most regulars from the stops on the WestEx alight at Pyrmont Bay and walk
via Pyrmont Bridge to the CBD.  The daily cash fare: $2.20 single & $3.50
return.  Now the fare on the bus, if a Brown TravelPass costs $17.60, then
one dunk is $1.76 and a dunk on return is $3.52 each day, the daily cash
fare is much more!  It is cheaper by tram,  but now compare time:  Lilyfield
to Pyrmont Bay by tram on right-of-way about 12 minutes;  bus in peak hour
traffic via the infamous Parramatta Road, Broadway, Railway Square and
George Street;  I have no idea how long but tram passengers have said 30
minutes from Lilyfield to Railway Square,  way  l-o-n-g-e-r  than the time
taken by tram!

Ted