Re: Light Rail Question
Johann Fan (yags@geocities.com)
Fri, 3 Apr 1998 20:10:41 +1000
Eddie Oliver wrote in message <43153932$Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au>...
>Peter Berrett VK3PZ <pberrett@tbsa.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Perhaps Perth's train service is in fact a light rail service?
>
>No. It is a heavy rail service. For a start, with the exception of the
latest
>route, passenger trackage is shared (or shareable) with freight, and it
>is constructed to full heavy rail standards.
>
>>Perhaps this is the way Melbourne should go. Instead of running 6 cars
>>trains every 20-30 minutes in non-peak hours perhaps the service should
>>be run as 3 car sets every 10-15 minutes? obviously a greater number of
>>drivers would be necessary but this would be compensated for by more
>>passenegers
Aren't most lines already 15 or 20 mins during non peak? And they run 3 cars
already on the northern lines (also during peak on Upfield?)
>Of course the service needs a better frequency, but the main thing it needs
>is some proper express running. All stations to Belgrave or Frankston is
>ridiculous, and even skipping between South Yarra and Malvern is only
>a token gesture.
I agree. Belgrave/Lilydale should both have 20 min. frequencies and not the
30 mins as it is at the moment past Ringwood. They should run at least
Richmond-Glenferrie-Camberwell and maybe even to Box Hill on all days.
cheers
Johann